Road of Life

E63192

historical site transport route wartime supply route

The Road of Life was the vital transport route across Lake Ladoga that sustained besieged Leningrad with food and supplies during World War II.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Road of Life canonical	5
Doroga zhizni	2
Дорога жизни	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T506844 — 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: Road of Life
Context triple: [Siege of Leningrad, supplyRoute, Road of Life]

A. Thunder Road
Thunder Road is a critically acclaimed 1975 rock song by Bruce Springsteen that opens his album "Born to Run" and is celebrated for its cinematic storytelling and anthemic sound.
B. On the Road Again
"On the Road Again" is a classic country song by Willie Nelson, widely recognized as one of his signature hits and an enduring anthem about life as a touring musician.
C. The Loneliest Road in America
The Loneliest Road in America is a famously remote and sparsely populated stretch of U.S. Route 50 that crosses Nevada, known for its vast desert landscapes and minimal services.
D. The Open Road
"The Open Road" is a chapter in Kenneth Grahame's classic children's novel *The Wind in the Willows*, depicting the characters' adventures and sense of freedom while traveling.
E. The Life Line
The Life Line is an 1884 maritime rescue painting by American artist Winslow Homer, celebrated for its dramatic depiction of human struggle against the sea and its innovative use of composition and atmosphere.
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: Road of Life
Target entity description: The Road of Life was the vital transport route across Lake Ladoga that sustained besieged Leningrad with food and supplies during World War II.

A. Thunder Road
Thunder Road is a critically acclaimed 1975 rock song by Bruce Springsteen that opens his album "Born to Run" and is celebrated for its cinematic storytelling and anthemic sound.
B. On the Road Again
"On the Road Again" is a classic country song by Willie Nelson, widely recognized as one of his signature hits and an enduring anthem about life as a touring musician.
C. The Loneliest Road in America
The Loneliest Road in America is a famously remote and sparsely populated stretch of U.S. Route 50 that crosses Nevada, known for its vast desert landscapes and minimal services.
D. The Open Road
"The Open Road" is a chapter in Kenneth Grahame's classic children's novel *The Wind in the Willows*, depicting the characters' adventures and sense of freedom while traveling.
E. The Life Line
The Life Line is an 1884 maritime rescue painting by American artist Winslow Homer, celebrated for its dramatic depiction of human struggle against the sea and its innovative use of composition and atmosphere.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical site ⓘ transport route ⓘ wartime supply route ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Road of Life ⓘ surface form: Doroga zhizni
commemoratedBy	Road of Life memorial complex near Saint Petersburg ⓘ annual remembrance events in Russia ⓘ
conflict	Siege of Leningrad ⓘ World War II ⓘ
connects	Leningrad ⓘ eastern shore of Lake Ladoga ⓘ
country	Soviet Union ⓘ
endTime	1943 ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus	cultural heritage monument of Russia ⓘ
hasPart	boat convoys ⓘ ice highway across Lake Ladoga ⓘ truck convoys ⓘ
inception	autumn 1941 ⓘ
languageOfName	Russian ⓘ
locatedIn	Lake Ladoga ⓘ Leningrad Oblast ⓘ Russia ⓘ
notableFor	being the only land connection to besieged Leningrad for long periods ⓘ high casualty rates among drivers and crews ⓘ
operatedAs	ice road in winter ⓘ water transport route in summer ⓘ
opposedBy	Nazi Germany ⓘ
partOf	Eastern Front ⓘ surface form: Eastern Front of World War II
purpose	to evacuate civilians from Leningrad ⓘ to supply fuel and ammunition to Leningrad ⓘ to sustain Leningrad with food ⓘ
significantEvent	evacuation of civilians from Leningrad ⓘ supply of food to besieged Leningrad ⓘ transport of military supplies to Leningrad ⓘ
startTime	1941 ⓘ
subjectOf	Russian war literature ⓘ documentary films about the Siege of Leningrad ⓘ memorials around Lake Ladoga ⓘ
timePeriod	World War II ⓘ surface form: Great Patriotic War
transportMode	barges ⓘ motor vehicles ⓘ ships ⓘ sledges ⓘ
usedBy	Red Army ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ civilian authorities of Leningrad ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Siege of Leningrad → supplyRoute → Road of Life ⓘ

Road of Life → alsoKnownAs → Road of Life ⓘ

this entity surface form: Doroga zhizni

Lake Ladoga ice road → hasAlias → Road of Life ⓘ

this entity surface form: Doroga zhizni

Lake Ladoga ice road → RussianName → Road of Life ⓘ

this entity surface form: Дорога жизни

Ladoga Flotilla → usedRoute → Road of Life ⓘ

Sinyavino offensives → relatedTo → Road of Life ⓘ

Road of Life memorial complex near Saint Petersburg → commemorates → Road of Life ⓘ

Road of Life across Lake Ladoga → nativeName → Road of Life ⓘ