Trial of the Seventeen
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Trial of the Seventeen was a 1937 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which several prominent Old Bolsheviks and officials were prosecuted on fabricated charges during Stalin’s Great Purge.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Trial of the Seventeen canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5710087 — 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: Trial of the Seventeen Context triple: [Moscow Trials, hasPart, Trial of the Seventeen]
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A.
Trial of the Seventeen
Trial of the Seventeen is a fantasy novel in the Spellmonger series by Terry Mancour, continuing the epic tale of mage Minalan and his allies as they confront escalating magical and political threats.
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B.
Trial of the Sixteen
The Trial of the Sixteen was a 1936 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which prominent Old Bolsheviks were accused of treason and summarily condemned, marking a key early stage of Stalin’s Great Purge.
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C.
Trial of the Twenty-One
The Trial of the Twenty-One was a 1938 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which prominent Old Bolsheviks and party leaders were accused of treason and executed, marking one of the most infamous episodes of Stalin’s Great Purge.
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D.
The Trial of Sir Henry Vane, Kt.
"The Trial of Sir Henry Vane, Kt." is a historical account and political text detailing the prosecution and defense of the English statesman and republican Henry Vane the Younger following the Restoration.
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E.
The Bellamy Trial
The Bellamy Trial is a 1927 American courtroom drama film, notable as an early sound-era legal thriller.
- 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: Trial of the Seventeen Target entity description: Trial of the Seventeen was a 1937 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which several prominent Old Bolsheviks and officials were prosecuted on fabricated charges during Stalin’s Great Purge.
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A.
Trial of the Seventeen
Trial of the Seventeen is a fantasy novel in the Spellmonger series by Terry Mancour, continuing the epic tale of mage Minalan and his allies as they confront escalating magical and political threats.
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B.
Trial of the Sixteen
The Trial of the Sixteen was a 1936 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which prominent Old Bolsheviks were accused of treason and summarily condemned, marking a key early stage of Stalin’s Great Purge.
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C.
Trial of the Twenty-One
The Trial of the Twenty-One was a 1938 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which prominent Old Bolsheviks and party leaders were accused of treason and executed, marking one of the most infamous episodes of Stalin’s Great Purge.
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D.
The Trial of Sir Henry Vane, Kt.
"The Trial of Sir Henry Vane, Kt." is a historical account and political text detailing the prosecution and defense of the English statesman and republican Henry Vane the Younger following the Restoration.
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E.
The Bellamy Trial
The Bellamy Trial is a 1927 American courtroom drama film, notable as an early sound-era legal thriller.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
political trial
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show trial ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Second Moscow Show Trial
ⓘ
linked to:
Moscow Trials
Second Moscow Trial ⓘ
linked to:
Moscow Trials
|
| characterizedAs | show trial ⓘ |
| charge |
conspiracy with Leon Trotsky
ⓘ
espionage ⓘ membership in a Trotskyist center ⓘ sabotage ⓘ terrorism ⓘ treason ⓘ |
| chargesCharacterization | fabricated ⓘ |
| country | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| defendant |
David Sokolinsky
ⓘ
Georgy Pyatakov ⓘ Grigory Sokolnikov ⓘ Karl Radek ⓘ Leonid Serebryakov ⓘ Mikhail Boguslavsky ⓘ Nikolai Krestinsky ⓘ Nikolai Muralov ⓘ Yuri Piatakov ⓘ
linked to:
Georgy Pyatakov
|
| follows | Trial of the Sixteen ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfDefendants | 17 ⓘ |
| historicalAssessment |
example of Stalinist terror
ⓘ
judicial murder ⓘ |
| ideologicalJustification | defense of socialism against alleged enemies ⓘ |
| languageOfProceedings | Russian ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Soviet legal system ⓘ |
| location |
Moscow
ⓘ
Moscow, Soviet Union ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | extensive Soviet press coverage ⓘ |
| methodOfObtainingConfessions | coerced confessions ⓘ |
| organizer | Joseph Stalin ⓘ |
| partOf |
Great Purge
ⓘ
Stalinist repressions ⓘ |
| pointInTime |
1937
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January 1937 ⓘ |
| politicalContext |
Stalin’s consolidation of power
ⓘ
elimination of Old Bolsheviks ⓘ |
| precedes | Trial of the Twenty-One ⓘ |
| presidingJudge | Vasily Ulrikh ⓘ |
| prosecutor | Andrei Vyshinsky ⓘ |
| result |
long-term imprisonment for some defendants
ⓘ
multiple death sentences ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
historical research on the Great Purge
ⓘ
studies of Soviet show trials ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Trial of the Seventeen Description of subject: Trial of the Seventeen was a 1937 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which several prominent Old Bolsheviks and officials were prosecuted on fabricated charges during Stalin’s Great Purge.
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