Ivan Starov
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Ivan Starov was a prominent 18th-century Russian neoclassical architect known for designing major landmarks in St. Petersburg and other parts of the Russian Empire.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ivan Starov canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2247002 — 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: Ivan Starov Context triple: [Tauride Palace, architect, Ivan Starov]
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A.
Ivan Susloparov
Ivan Susloparov was a Soviet general and military diplomat who represented the USSR at the signing of Germany’s unconditional surrender in World War II.
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B.
Ivan Yakubovsky
Ivan Yakubovsky was a Soviet military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union who played a leading role in Warsaw Pact operations during the Cold War.
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C.
Nikolai Ivanov
Nikolai Ivanov was a Russian Imperial Army general who commanded major operations on the Eastern Front during World War I.
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D.
Vladimir Kokovtsov
Vladimir Kokovtsov was a prominent Russian statesman of the late Imperial period who served as a leading financial and governmental reformer under Tsar Nicholas II.
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E.
Vladimir Dimitriev
Vladimir Dimitriev was a Russian-born arts administrator and impresario who played a key role in the development of American ballet in the early 20th century.
- 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: Ivan Starov Target entity description: Ivan Starov was a prominent 18th-century Russian neoclassical architect known for designing major landmarks in St. Petersburg and other parts of the Russian Empire.
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A.
Ivan Susloparov
Ivan Susloparov was a Soviet general and military diplomat who represented the USSR at the signing of Germany’s unconditional surrender in World War II.
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B.
Ivan Yakubovsky
Ivan Yakubovsky was a Soviet military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union who played a leading role in Warsaw Pact operations during the Cold War.
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C.
Nikolai Ivanov
Nikolai Ivanov was a Russian Imperial Army general who commanded major operations on the Eastern Front during World War I.
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D.
Vladimir Kokovtsov
Vladimir Kokovtsov was a prominent Russian statesman of the late Imperial period who served as a leading financial and governmental reformer under Tsar Nicholas II.
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E.
Vladimir Dimitriev
Vladimir Dimitriev was a Russian-born arts administrator and impresario who played a key role in the development of American ballet in the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
architect
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human ⓘ |
| activeYears | late 18th century ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Palladianism (influence)
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linked to:
Palladian architecture
Russian Neoclassicism ⓘ
linked to:
Russian classicism
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| countryOfCitizenship | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1745 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1808 ⓘ |
| designed |
Cathedral of St. Catherine in Kherson
ⓘ
linked to:
St. Catherine’s Cathedral, Kherson
Holy Trinity Cathedral of Alexander Nevsky Lavra in Saint Petersburg ⓘ Potemkin Palace in Dnipro ⓘ Tauride Palace in Saint Petersburg ⓘ urban redevelopment plans for several Russian provincial cities ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Académie royale d’architecture
ⓘ
Imperial Academy of Arts ⓘ |
| employer | Imperial Academy of Arts ⓘ |
| genre | neoclassical architecture ⓘ |
| knownFor |
designing major landmarks in Saint Petersburg
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helping establish the canon of Russian neoclassical palace and church architecture ⓘ planning new cities and provincial centers in the Russian Empire ⓘ |
| movement | Neoclassicism ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Andrey Voronikhin ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Cathedral of St. Catherine in Kherson
ⓘ
linked to:
St. Catherine’s Cathedral, Kherson
Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra ⓘ Nikolo-Epiphany Naval Cathedral (reconstruction / design involvement) ⓘ
linked to:
St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral
Pavlovsk Palace (attributed participation in early stages) ⓘ
linked to:
Pavlovsk palace-and-park ensemble
Potemkin Palace in Dnipro (formerly Yekaterinoslav) ⓘ Tauride Palace ⓘ Transfiguration Cathedral in Dnipro (project) ⓘ Urban plan of Dnipro (Yekaterinoslav) ⓘ Urban plan of Kherson ⓘ
linked to:
Kherson
Urban plan of Mykolaiv ⓘ
linked to:
Mykolaiv
Urban plan of Tver ⓘ Urban plan of Voronezh ⓘ Urban plan of Yaroslavl ⓘ
linked to:
Historic Centre of the City of Yaroslavl
Yelagin Palace (early design phase / attributions) ⓘ
linked to:
Yelagin Palace
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| occupation | architect ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Saint Petersburg
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linked to:
St. Petersburg
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| placeOfDeath |
Saint Petersburg
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linked to:
St. Petersburg
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| positionHeld |
academician of the Imperial Academy of Arts
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professor of architecture ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Russian Empire
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Saint Petersburg ⓘ
linked to:
St. Petersburg
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