Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery
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Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery is a vast war memorial and burial ground in Saint Petersburg, Russia, honoring hundreds of thousands of victims and defenders of the Siege of Leningrad during World War II.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery canonical | 11 |
| Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery ensemble | 1 |
| Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery sculptures | 1 |
| Piskaryovskoye Memorial Complex | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T506859 — 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: Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery Context triple: [Siege of Leningrad, memorializedBy, Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery]
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A.
Novodevichy Cemetery
Novodevichy Cemetery is a prestigious Moscow burial ground known as the resting place of many of Russia’s most prominent political, cultural, and scientific figures.
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B.
Kremlin Wall Necropolis
The Kremlin Wall Necropolis is a prestigious burial site in Moscow’s Red Square where many prominent Soviet leaders and figures are interred.
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C.
Friedrichsfelde Central Cemetery
Friedrichsfelde Central Cemetery is a historic Berlin cemetery renowned as the resting place of prominent socialist and communist figures, including Rosa Luxemburg.
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D.
Vienna Central Cemetery
Vienna Central Cemetery is one of Europe's largest and most famous cemeteries in Vienna, Austria, known for being the resting place of many notable figures in science, music, and politics.
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E.
Arsk Cemetery
Arsk Cemetery is a historic burial ground in Kazan, Russia, known as the final resting place of various notable figures, including Vasily Stalin.
- 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: Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery Target entity description: Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery is a vast war memorial and burial ground in Saint Petersburg, Russia, honoring hundreds of thousands of victims and defenders of the Siege of Leningrad during World War II.
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A.
Novodevichy Cemetery
Novodevichy Cemetery is a prestigious Moscow burial ground known as the resting place of many of Russia’s most prominent political, cultural, and scientific figures.
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B.
Kremlin Wall Necropolis
The Kremlin Wall Necropolis is a prestigious burial site in Moscow’s Red Square where many prominent Soviet leaders and figures are interred.
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C.
Friedrichsfelde Central Cemetery
Friedrichsfelde Central Cemetery is a historic Berlin cemetery renowned as the resting place of prominent socialist and communist figures, including Rosa Luxemburg.
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D.
Vienna Central Cemetery
Vienna Central Cemetery is one of Europe's largest and most famous cemeteries in Vienna, Austria, known for being the resting place of many notable figures in science, music, and politics.
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E.
Arsk Cemetery
Arsk Cemetery is a historic burial ground in Kazan, Russia, known as the final resting place of various notable figures, including Vasily Stalin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cemetery
ⓘ
mass grave site ⓘ war memorial ⓘ |
| architect |
Alexander Vasiliev
ⓘ
Evgeny Levinson ⓘ |
| burialType | mass graves ⓘ |
| category |
World War II memorials in Russia
ⓘ
cemeteries in Saint Petersburg ⓘ |
| commemorates |
Siege of Leningrad
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defenders of Leningrad ⓘ victims of the Siege of Leningrad ⓘ |
| conflict |
World War II
ⓘ
surface form:
Great Patriotic War
World War II ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1946 ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
civilian victims of the Siege of Leningrad
ⓘ
soldiers of the Leningrad Front ⓘ victims of bombardments ⓘ victims of starvation ⓘ |
| hasMonument |
Monument to the Motherland
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eternal flame of remembrance ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Mother Motherland monument
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central memorial alley ⓘ eternal flame ⓘ mass grave mounds ⓘ memorial wall with inscriptions ⓘ museum pavilion ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | cultural heritage monument of federal significance in Russia ⓘ |
| inception | 1956 ⓘ |
| languageOfInscriptions | Russian ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Leningrad Oblast
ⓘ
Russian SFSR ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
St. Petersburg ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Petersburg
Soviet Union ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Piskaryovskoye Avenue ⓘ |
| notableEvent | annual commemorations of the lifting of the Siege of Leningrad ⓘ |
| numberOfBurials | about 470000 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1960 ⓘ |
| operator |
Government of Saint Petersburg
ⓘ
surface form:
authorities of Saint Petersburg
|
| ownedBy |
St. Petersburg
ⓘ
surface form:
City of Saint Petersburg
|
| periodOfBurials | 1941–1944 ⓘ |
| sculptor |
Robert Taurit
ⓘ
Vera Isaeva ⓘ |
| significance |
largest mass burial site of the Siege of Leningrad victims
ⓘ
major World War II memorial in Russia ⓘ |
| theme |
heroic defense of Leningrad
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remembrance of wartime suffering ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery Description of subject: Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery is a vast war memorial and burial ground in Saint Petersburg, Russia, honoring hundreds of thousands of victims and defenders of the Siege of Leningrad during World War II.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Piskaryovskoye Memorial Complex
this entity surface form:
Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery ensemble
this entity surface form:
Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery sculptures