Volodymyr the Great

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Christian convert Grand Prince of Kyiv historical figure member of the Rurik dynasty ruler saint

Volodymyr the Great was the Grand Prince of Kyiv who consolidated the Kievan Rus' state and is renowned for Christianizing it in the late 10th century.

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Label	Occurrences
Volodymyr the Great canonical	4
Prince Volodymyr the Great	2
Saint Volodymyr the Great	2
Saint Volodymyr	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4069361 — 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.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Volodymyr the Great
Context triple: [Tryzub, historicallyAssociatedWith, Volodymyr the Great]

A. Sviatoslav I of Kiev
Sviatoslav I of Kiev was a 10th-century Grand Prince of Kievan Rus' renowned for his aggressive military campaigns that greatly expanded and reshaped the power of the early East Slavic state.
B. Viacheslav I of Kiev
Viacheslav I of Kiev was a 12th-century prince of Kievan Rus', one of the sons of Grand Prince Vladimir II Monomakh, who briefly ruled as Grand Prince of Kiev amid the period’s dynastic struggles.
C. Grand Prince of Kiev
The Grand Prince of Kiev was the supreme ruler of Kievan Rus', traditionally regarded as the foremost prince among the East Slavic principalities and a central figure in early medieval Eastern European politics.
D. Vsevolod I of Kiev
Vsevolod I of Kiev was an 11th-century Grand Prince of Kiev known for consolidating Kievan Rus' power and fostering close political and cultural ties with the Byzantine Empire.
E. Mstislav I of Kiev
Mstislav I of Kiev was a 12th-century Grand Prince of Kiev from the Rurikid dynasty, noted for his military campaigns and efforts to strengthen and unify Kievan Rus.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Volodymyr the Great
Target entity description: Volodymyr the Great was the Grand Prince of Kyiv who consolidated the Kievan Rus' state and is renowned for Christianizing it in the late 10th century.

A. Sviatoslav I of Kiev
Sviatoslav I of Kiev was a 10th-century Grand Prince of Kievan Rus' renowned for his aggressive military campaigns that greatly expanded and reshaped the power of the early East Slavic state.
B. Viacheslav I of Kiev
Viacheslav I of Kiev was a 12th-century prince of Kievan Rus', one of the sons of Grand Prince Vladimir II Monomakh, who briefly ruled as Grand Prince of Kiev amid the period’s dynastic struggles.
C. Grand Prince of Kiev
The Grand Prince of Kiev was the supreme ruler of Kievan Rus', traditionally regarded as the foremost prince among the East Slavic principalities and a central figure in early medieval Eastern European politics.
D. Vsevolod I of Kiev
Vsevolod I of Kiev was an 11th-century Grand Prince of Kiev known for consolidating Kievan Rus' power and fostering close political and cultural ties with the Byzantine Empire.
E. Mstislav I of Kiev
Mstislav I of Kiev was a 12th-century Grand Prince of Kiev from the Rurikid dynasty, noted for his military campaigns and efforts to strengthen and unify Kievan Rus.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian convert ⓘ Grand Prince of Kyiv ⓘ historical figure ⓘ member of the Rurik dynasty ⓘ ruler ⓘ saint ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Saint Vladimir ⓘ linked to: Vladimir the Great Vladimir Sviatoslavich ⓘ Vladimir the Great ⓘ Volodymyr Sviatoslavych ⓘ
baptismDate	c. 988 ⓘ
baptismPlace	Chersonesus in Crimea ⓘ linked to: Chersonesus Taurica archaeological site
birthDate	c. 958 ⓘ
burialPlace	Church of the Tithes, Kyiv ⓘ linked to: Church of the Tithes, Kiev
canonizationStatus	saint in Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ saint in Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
capital	Kyiv ⓘ
child	Boris of Kyiv ⓘ linked to: Boris of Kiev Gleb of Kyiv ⓘ linked to: Gleb of Kiev Sviatopolk I of Kyiv ⓘ linked to: Sviatopolk I of Kiev Yaroslav the Wise ⓘ linked to: Yaroslav I of Kyiv
countryOfCitizenship	Kievan Rus' ⓘ linked to: Kyivan Rus
deathDate	15 July 1015 ⓘ
deathPlace	Berestove, near Kyiv ⓘ linked to: Berestove, near Kiev
dynasty	Rurik dynasty ⓘ
ethnicCulture	East Slavic ⓘ
father	Sviatoslav I of Kyiv ⓘ linked to: Sviatoslav I of Kiev
foreignRelations	Byzantine Empire ⓘ
implemented	mass baptism of Kyiv's inhabitants ⓘ
introduced	Byzantine Christian clergy to Kievan Rus' ⓘ
knownFor	Christianization of Kievan Rus' ⓘ adoption of Christianity as state religion ⓘ consolidation of Kievan Rus' state ⓘ
militaryCampaignsAgainst	Polotsk ⓘ Volga Bulgars ⓘ linked to: Bulgars
mother	Malusha ⓘ
notableEvent	Baptism of Rus' ⓘ linked to: Christianization of Kievan Rus'
patronage	Kyiv ⓘ Ukraine ⓘ
positionHeld	Grand Prince of Kyiv ⓘ linked to: Grand Prince of Kiev Prince of Novgorod ⓘ
reignEnd	1015 ⓘ
reignOver	Kievan Rus' ⓘ linked to: Kyivan Rus
reignStart	c. 980 ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
religionBeforeConversion	Slavic paganism ⓘ
spouse	Anna Porphyrogenita ⓘ Rogneda of Polotsk ⓘ
veneratedIn	Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ linked to: Eastern Orthodox Christianity Roman Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism

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