Rybinsk Reservoir
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Rybinsk Reservoir is a large artificial lake in Russia, created by damming the Volga and several tributaries, and is one of the country’s largest and historically most significant reservoirs.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rybinsk Reservoir canonical | 20 |
| Rybinsk Dam | 1 |
| Rybinsk Reservoir on the Volga River | 1 |
| Rybinskoye Reservoir | 1 |
| Rybinskoye Vodokhranilishche | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T407088 — 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: Rybinsk Reservoir Context triple: [Volga River, majorReservoir, Rybinsk Reservoir]
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A.
Ivankovo Reservoir
Ivankovo Reservoir is a large artificial lake in Russia that serves as the uppermost reservoir on the Volga River, playing a key role in water supply, navigation, and hydroelectric power generation for the Moscow region.
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B.
Lake Ladoga
Lake Ladoga is a vast freshwater lake in northwestern Russia, renowned as the largest lake in Europe and an important ecological and historical region.
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C.
Lake Velence
Lake Velence is one of Hungary’s largest natural lakes, known as a popular resort and recreation area in the Transdanubian region.
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D.
Ligeia Mare
Ligeia Mare is one of the largest known hydrocarbon seas on Saturn’s moon Titan, composed primarily of liquid methane and ethane.
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E.
Moika River
The Moika River is a small, historic waterway in central Saint Petersburg, Russia, lined with notable palaces and landmarks and forming part of the city’s iconic canal network.
- 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: Rybinsk Reservoir Target entity description: Rybinsk Reservoir is a large artificial lake in Russia, created by damming the Volga and several tributaries, and is one of the country’s largest and historically most significant reservoirs.
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A.
Ivankovo Reservoir
Ivankovo Reservoir is a large artificial lake in Russia that serves as the uppermost reservoir on the Volga River, playing a key role in water supply, navigation, and hydroelectric power generation for the Moscow region.
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B.
Lake Ladoga
Lake Ladoga is a vast freshwater lake in northwestern Russia, renowned as the largest lake in Europe and an important ecological and historical region.
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C.
Lake Velence
Lake Velence is one of Hungary’s largest natural lakes, known as a popular resort and recreation area in the Transdanubian region.
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D.
Ligeia Mare
Ligeia Mare is one of the largest known hydrocarbon seas on Saturn’s moon Titan, composed primarily of liquid methane and ethane.
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E.
Moika River
The Moika River is a small, historic waterway in central Saint Petersburg, Russia, lined with notable palaces and landmarks and forming part of the city’s iconic canal network.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artificial lake
ⓘ
reservoir ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Rybinsk Reservoir
ⓘ
surface form:
Rybinskoye Reservoir
Rybinsk Reservoir ⓘ
surface form:
Rybinskoye Vodokhranilishche
|
| averageDepth | approximately 5–6 metres ⓘ |
| basinCountry | Russia ⓘ |
| climateZone | humid continental climate ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1947 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1935 ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| createdBy | damming of the Volga and its tributaries ⓘ |
| fillingStartDate | 1941 ⓘ |
| formedBy |
Rybinsk Reservoir
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Rybinsk Dam
Rybinsk Hydroelectric Station ⓘ |
| freezingPeriod | typically freezes in winter ⓘ |
| hasShorelineCity |
Cherepovets
ⓘ
Myshkin ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
led to submergence of the town of Mologa
ⓘ
one of the first and largest reservoirs built in the Soviet Union ⓘ required resettlement of many villages ⓘ |
| inflow |
Mologa River
ⓘ
Sheksna River ⓘ Volga River ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Tver Oblast
ⓘ
Vologda Oblast ⓘ Yaroslavl Oblast ⓘ |
| locatedInDrainageBasin |
Caspian Sea region
ⓘ
surface form:
Caspian Sea basin
|
| locatedInRegion | European Russia ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver |
Mologa River
ⓘ
Sheksna River ⓘ Sogozha River ⓘ Volga River ⓘ |
| maximumDepth | approximately 30 metres ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Rybinsk ⓘ |
| nearestCity | Rybinsk ⓘ |
| operator | Rybinsk Hydroelectric Station operator (Russia) ⓘ |
| outflow | Volga River ⓘ |
| partOf |
Volga River
ⓘ
surface form:
Volga River system
Volga–Kama cascade of reservoirs ⓘ |
| rankInRussiaByArea | one of the largest reservoirs in Russia ⓘ |
| surfaceArea | approximately 4,500 square kilometres ⓘ |
| usedFor |
fisheries
ⓘ
flood control ⓘ hydroelectric power generation ⓘ navigation ⓘ water supply ⓘ |
| waterVolume | approximately 25 cubic kilometres ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Rybinsk Reservoir Description of subject: Rybinsk Reservoir is a large artificial lake in Russia, created by damming the Volga and several tributaries, and is one of the country’s largest and historically most significant reservoirs.
Referenced by (24)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Rybinsk Dam
this entity surface form:
Rybinskoye Reservoir
this entity surface form:
Rybinskoye Vodokhranilishche
subject surface form:
Rybinsk
this entity surface form:
Rybinsk Reservoir on the Volga River