Vladimir the Great
E73073
Christian convert
grand prince
historical figure
member of the Rurik dynasty
monarch of Kievan Rus'
ruler
saint
Vladimir the Great was the grand prince of Kiev who consolidated Kievan Rus' and is best known for Christianizing the state in the late 10th century.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vladimir the Great canonical | 25 |
| Saint Vladimir | 3 |
| Prince Vladimir the Great | 1 |
| Saint Vladimir of Kiev | 1 |
| Vladimir I of Kiev | 1 |
| Vladimir the Baptizer | 1 |
| Vladimir the Fair Sun | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T552572 — 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: Vladimir the Great Context triple: [Rurik dynasty, notableMember, Vladimir the Great]
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A.
Sviatoslav I of Kiev
Sviatoslav I of Kiev was a 10th-century Grand Prince of Kievan Rus' renowned for his aggressive military campaigns that greatly expanded and reshaped the power of the early East Slavic state.
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B.
Igor of Kiev
Igor of Kiev was a 10th-century Grand Prince of Kievan Rus', a member of the Rurik dynasty who ruled from Kiev and continued the consolidation of the early East Slavic state.
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C.
Rurik
Rurik was a Varangian chieftain traditionally regarded as the founder of the Rurik dynasty and the first ruler of the early Russian state centered in Novgorod.
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D.
Rurik
Rurik was a Russian naval vessel best known for serving as the flagship of Otto von Kotzebue’s early 19th-century circumnavigation and exploration voyages in the Pacific and Arctic.
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E.
Vladimir
Vladimir is a common Russian male given name of Slavic origin, historically associated with rulers and notably borne by Russian president Vladimir Putin.
- 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: Vladimir the Great Target entity description: Vladimir the Great was the grand prince of Kiev who consolidated Kievan Rus' and is best known for Christianizing the state in the late 10th century.
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A.
Sviatoslav I of Kiev
Sviatoslav I of Kiev was a 10th-century Grand Prince of Kievan Rus' renowned for his aggressive military campaigns that greatly expanded and reshaped the power of the early East Slavic state.
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B.
Igor of Kiev
Igor of Kiev was a 10th-century Grand Prince of Kievan Rus', a member of the Rurik dynasty who ruled from Kiev and continued the consolidation of the early East Slavic state.
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C.
Rurik
Rurik was a Varangian chieftain traditionally regarded as the founder of the Rurik dynasty and the first ruler of the early Russian state centered in Novgorod.
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D.
Rurik
Rurik was a Russian naval vessel best known for serving as the flagship of Otto von Kotzebue’s early 19th-century circumnavigation and exploration voyages in the Pacific and Arctic.
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E.
Vladimir
Vladimir is a common Russian male given name of Slavic origin, historically associated with rulers and notably borne by Russian president Vladimir Putin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian convert
ⓘ
grand prince ⓘ historical figure ⓘ member of the Rurik dynasty ⓘ monarch of Kievan Rus' ⓘ ruler ⓘ saint ⓘ |
| alliance | Byzantine Empire ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Vladimir the Great
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Vladimir
Vladimir the Great ⓘ
surface form:
Vladimir I of Kiev
Vladimir the Great ⓘ
surface form:
Vladimir the Baptizer
Vladimir the Great ⓘ
surface form:
Vladimir the Fair Sun
|
| associatedWithCity |
Kyiv
ⓘ
surface form:
Kiev
Novgorod ⓘ |
| baptismPlace |
Chersonesus Taurica archaeological site
ⓘ
surface form:
Chersonesus in Crimea (traditionally)
|
| birthDate | c. 958 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | likely Budyatychi or near Pskov, in Kievan Rus' ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Church of the Tithes, Kiev ⓘ |
| canonizationStatus | saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ |
| child |
Boris of Kiev
ⓘ
Gleb of Kiev ⓘ Mstislav I of Kiev ⓘ
surface form:
Mstislav of Chernigov
Sviatopolk I of Kiev ⓘ Vladimir-Suzdal Yurievichi ⓘ
surface form:
Vsevolod of Vladimir
Yaroslav the Wise ⓘ |
| commemoratedIn |
Roman Catholic Church (in some calendars)
ⓘ
Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ Ukrainian Orthodox Church ⓘ |
| convertedToChristianity | c. 988 ⓘ |
| culturalImpact | central figure in East Slavic chronicles and legends ⓘ |
| deathDate | 15 July 1015 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Berestove, near Kiev ⓘ |
| dynasty | Rurik dynasty ⓘ |
| father | Sviatoslav I of Kiev ⓘ |
| feastDay |
15 July (Orthodox Church)
ⓘ
28 July (some Orthodox calendars) ⓘ |
| fullName | Vladimir Sviatoslavich ⓘ |
| grandfather | Igor of Kiev ⓘ |
| grandmother | Olga of Kiev ⓘ |
| introducedReligionAsStateReligion | Eastern Orthodox Christianity in Kievan Rus' ⓘ |
| legacy | considered founder of Christian Rus' ⓘ |
| militaryCampaign |
campaigns against Polish and Baltic tribes
ⓘ
campaigns against the Khazars ⓘ campaigns against the Volga Bulgars ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Christianization of Kievan Rus'
ⓘ
adoption of Byzantine Christianity as state religion ⓘ consolidation of Kievan Rus' ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Grand Prince of Kiev
ⓘ
Prince of Novgorod ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1015 ⓘ |
| reignStart | c. 980 ⓘ |
| religionAfterConversion | Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ |
| religionBeforeConversion |
Slavic mythology
ⓘ
surface form:
Slavic paganism
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| ruledTerritory |
Kyivan Rus
ⓘ
surface form:
Kievan Rus'
|
| spouse |
Anna Porphyrogenita
ⓘ
Rogneda of Polotsk ⓘ multiple other wives and concubines (unnamed in many sources) ⓘ |
| symbolOf |
Christianization of Kievan Rus'
ⓘ
surface form:
Christianization of Eastern Slavs
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Vladimir the Great Description of subject: Vladimir the Great was the grand prince of Kiev who consolidated Kievan Rus' and is best known for Christianizing the state in the late 10th century.
Referenced by (33)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Saint Vladimir
this entity surface form:
Vladimir I of Kiev
this entity surface form:
Vladimir the Baptizer
this entity surface form:
Vladimir the Fair Sun
this entity surface form:
Saint Vladimir of Kiev
this entity surface form:
Saint Vladimir
subject surface form:
Viking (film)
subject surface form:
Viking (film)
this entity surface form:
Prince Vladimir the Great
this entity surface form:
Saint Vladimir