Curzon Line
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The Curzon Line was a proposed demarcation line between Poland and Soviet Russia after World War I that later served as the basis for the post–World War II eastern border of Poland.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Curzon Line canonical | 2 |
| Curzon Line A | 1 |
| Curzon Line B | 1 |
| Curzon Line region | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4064044 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Curzon Line Context triple: [Western Belarus, wasDividedBy, Curzon Line]
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A.
Polish Corridor
The Polish Corridor was a strip of territory that gave the Second Polish Republic access to the Baltic Sea after World War I, separating East Prussia from the rest of Germany and becoming a major source of German-Polish tension before World War II.
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B.
Soviet–Finnish border
The Soviet–Finnish border was the frontier separating the Soviet Union from Finland, particularly significant as a heavily militarized and contested line during the Winter War and World War II.
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C.
Elisavetpol
Elisavetpol was a historical city in the Russian Empire, located in the South Caucasus region and known today as Ganja in modern Azerbaijan.
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D.
Brest-Litovsk
Brest-Litovsk is a historic city—now called Brest in modern-day Belarus—best known as the site where Soviet Russia signed a separate peace with the Central Powers in 1918 during World War I.
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E.
Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907
The Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907 was a diplomatic agreement between the British and Russian Empires that settled their rival territorial claims in Persia, Afghanistan, and Tibet, helping to ease tensions and pave the way for their alliance in World War I.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Curzon Line Target entity description: The Curzon Line was a proposed demarcation line between Poland and Soviet Russia after World War I that later served as the basis for the post–World War II eastern border of Poland.
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A.
Polish Corridor
The Polish Corridor was a strip of territory that gave the Second Polish Republic access to the Baltic Sea after World War I, separating East Prussia from the rest of Germany and becoming a major source of German-Polish tension before World War II.
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B.
Soviet–Finnish border
The Soviet–Finnish border was the frontier separating the Soviet Union from Finland, particularly significant as a heavily militarized and contested line during the Winter War and World War II.
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C.
Elisavetpol
Elisavetpol was a historical city in the Russian Empire, located in the South Caucasus region and known today as Ganja in modern Azerbaijan.
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D.
Brest-Litovsk
Brest-Litovsk is a historic city—now called Brest in modern-day Belarus—best known as the site where Soviet Russia signed a separate peace with the Central Powers in 1918 during World War I.
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E.
Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907
The Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907 was a diplomatic agreement between the British and Russian Empires that settled their rival territorial claims in Persia, Afghanistan, and Tibet, helping to ease tensions and pave the way for their alliance in World War I.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
demarcation line
ⓘ
international border proposal ⓘ |
| alternativeName | Curzon boundary ⓘ |
| approximateTo |
modern Poland–Belarus border
ⓘ
modern Poland–Lithuania border in part ⓘ modern Poland–Ukraine border ⓘ |
| basedOn | ethnic distribution of populations ⓘ |
| basisFor |
Poland–Belarus border
ⓘ
surface form:
Poland–Soviet Union border after World War II
|
| consideredBy | Allied powers after World War I ⓘ |
| follows | ethnographic boundary between Poles and non‑Poles ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Curzon Line
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Curzon Line A
Curzon Line self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Curzon Line B
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| historicalRegion |
Eastern Borderlands of the Second Polish Republic
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Borderlands (Kresy)
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| influenced | post–World War II eastern border of Poland ⓘ |
| languageOfName | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Eastern Europe ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
1st Earl Curzon of Kedleston
ⓘ
surface form:
George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
Lord Curzon ⓘ |
| passesNear |
Białystok
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brest (Belarus) ⓘ
surface form:
Brest
Hrodna ⓘ
surface form:
Grodno
Lwów ⓘ
surface form:
Lwów (Lviv)
|
| politicallySignificantFor |
Belarus
ⓘ
Lithuania ⓘ Poland ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ Ukraine ⓘ |
| proposedBy |
Allied Supreme Council
ⓘ
UK government ⓘ
surface form:
British government
|
| proposedDuring | Paris Peace Conference ⓘ |
| proposedIn | 1919 ⓘ |
| recognizedDeFactoIn |
Potsdam Conference outcomes
ⓘ
Yalta Conference discussions ⓘ |
| relatedToEvent |
Polish–Soviet War
ⓘ
Treaty of Riga ⓘ World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ |
| separates |
Poland
ⓘ
Russian SFSR ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Second Polish Republic ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ
surface form:
Soviet Russia
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| subjectOf |
diplomatic correspondence in 1919–1920
ⓘ
territorial disputes between Poland and Soviet Russia ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| usedAsReferenceBy |
Soviet Union in 1939
ⓘ
Soviet Union in 1944 ⓘ |
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Subject: Curzon Line Description of subject: The Curzon Line was a proposed demarcation line between Poland and Soviet Russia after World War I that later served as the basis for the post–World War II eastern border of Poland.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.