Lev Kamenev
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Lev Kamenev was a prominent Bolshevik revolutionary and early Soviet political leader who became one of the principal defendants in Stalin’s first major show trial during the Great Purge.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lev Kamenev canonical | 26 |
| Lev Borisovich Kamenev | 2 |
| Kamenev | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T514435 — 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: Lev Kamenev Context triple: [Trial of the Sixteen, mainDefendant, Lev Kamenev]
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A.
Sergei Kamenev
Sergei Kamenev was a prominent Soviet military commander who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Red Army during the Russian Civil War.
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B.
Grigory Zinoviev
Grigory Zinoviev was a prominent early Bolshevik leader, close associate of Lenin, and later a key victim of Stalin’s Great Purge, executed after a major show trial.
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C.
Yakov Sverdlov
Yakov Sverdlov was a prominent Bolshevik revolutionary and early Soviet statesman who served as the first head of state of Soviet Russia following the October Revolution.
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D.
Nikolai Bukharin
Nikolai Bukharin was a prominent Bolshevik revolutionary, Marxist theorist, and Soviet politician who played a leading role in the early Soviet state before being executed during Stalin’s Great Purge.
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E.
Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky was a Marxist revolutionary, key leader of the Russian Revolution, founder of the Red Army, and later a principal critic and exile of Stalinist rule.
- 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: Lev Kamenev Target entity description: Lev Kamenev was a prominent Bolshevik revolutionary and early Soviet political leader who became one of the principal defendants in Stalin’s first major show trial during the Great Purge.
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A.
Sergei Kamenev
Sergei Kamenev was a prominent Soviet military commander who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Red Army during the Russian Civil War.
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B.
Grigory Zinoviev
Grigory Zinoviev was a prominent early Bolshevik leader, close associate of Lenin, and later a key victim of Stalin’s Great Purge, executed after a major show trial.
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C.
Yakov Sverdlov
Yakov Sverdlov was a prominent Bolshevik revolutionary and early Soviet statesman who served as the first head of state of Soviet Russia following the October Revolution.
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D.
Nikolai Bukharin
Nikolai Bukharin was a prominent Bolshevik revolutionary, Marxist theorist, and Soviet politician who played a leading role in the early Soviet state before being executed during Stalin’s Great Purge.
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E.
Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky was a Marxist revolutionary, key leader of the Russian Revolution, founder of the Red Army, and later a principal critic and exile of Stalinist rule.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bolshevik revolutionary
ⓘ
Soviet politician ⓘ person ⓘ |
| birthName | Lev Borisovich Rosenfeld ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | execution by shooting ⓘ |
| chargedWith | alleged participation in the so‑called Trotskyite-Zinovievite terrorist center ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1883-07-18 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1936-08-25 ⓘ |
| dateOfRehabilitation | 1988 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Moscow State University ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish ⓘ |
| fullName |
Lev Borisovich Kamenev
ⓘ
linked to:
Lev Kamenev
|
| ideology |
Leninism
ⓘ
Marxism ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Russian ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Central Committee of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
ⓘ
Politburo of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the principal defendants in the first Moscow show trial
ⓘ
leadership in the Moscow Soviet during the Russian Revolution ⓘ opposition to some of Lenin’s tactics in October 1917 ⓘ participation in the Left Opposition against Joseph Stalin ⓘ role in the Bolshevik faction before and after the October Revolution ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Joseph Stalin ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
February Revolution
ⓘ
linked to:
Russian Revolution
October Revolution ⓘ
linked to:
Russian Revolution
Russian Revolution of 1905 ⓘ
linked to:
1905 Russian Revolution
|
| placeOfBirth | Moscow ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Moscow ⓘ |
| politicalAffiliation |
All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
ⓘ
linked to:
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
RSDLP Bolshevik faction ⓘ Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ Russian Social Democratic Labour Party ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Acting Chairman of the Council of People’s Commissars
ⓘ
Chairman of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee ⓘ Chairman of the Moscow Soviet ⓘ Deputy Chairman of the Council of Labour and Defence ⓘ Deputy Chairman of the Council of People’s Commissars ⓘ Soviet ambassador to Italy ⓘ |
| rehabilitatedBy |
Soviet authorities
ⓘ
linked to:
Soviet government
|
| relationType | brother‑in‑law of Leon Trotsky ⓘ |
| relative | Leon Trotsky ⓘ |
| spouse | Olga Kameneva ⓘ |
| trial |
Moscow Trial of the Sixteen
ⓘ
linked to:
Moscow Trials
|
| victimOf | Great Purge ⓘ |
| workedWith |
Grigory Zinoviev
ⓘ
Joseph Stalin ⓘ Leon Trotsky ⓘ Vladimir Lenin ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lev Kamenev Description of subject: Lev Kamenev was a prominent Bolshevik revolutionary and early Soviet political leader who became one of the principal defendants in Stalin’s first major show trial during the Great Purge.
Referenced by (29)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Lev Kamenev
linked to: Lev Kamenev
linked to: Lev Kamenev