Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood
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The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood is a richly decorated Russian Orthodox church in St. Petersburg, famed for its colorful onion domes and elaborate mosaics commemorating the site of Tsar Alexander II’s assassination.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood canonical | 23 |
| Church of the Savior on Blood | 3 |
| Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ | 1 |
| Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood, Saint Petersburg | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T46768 — 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: Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood Context triple: [St. Petersburg, hasLandmark, Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood]
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A.
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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B.
Peter and Paul Fortress
Peter and Paul Fortress is a historic citadel and birthplace of St. Petersburg, Russia, known for its baroque cathedral, former political prison, and role as a key military and cultural site.
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C.
Kremlin
The Kremlin is a historic fortified complex in the heart of Moscow that serves as the official residence of the Russian president and a symbol of Russian political power.
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D.
St. Pierre Cathedral
St. Pierre Cathedral is a historic Protestant church in Geneva, Switzerland, renowned as the home church of John Calvin and a major symbol of the Reformation.
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E.
Mariinsky Theatre
The Mariinsky Theatre is a historic opera and ballet house in Saint Petersburg, Russia, renowned as one of the world’s leading centers for classical music and performing arts.
- 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: Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood Target entity description: The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood is a richly decorated Russian Orthodox church in St. Petersburg, famed for its colorful onion domes and elaborate mosaics commemorating the site of Tsar Alexander II’s assassination.
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A.
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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B.
Peter and Paul Fortress
Peter and Paul Fortress is a historic citadel and birthplace of St. Petersburg, Russia, known for its baroque cathedral, former political prison, and role as a key military and cultural site.
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C.
Kremlin
The Kremlin is a historic fortified complex in the heart of Moscow that serves as the official residence of the Russian president and a symbol of Russian political power.
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D.
St. Pierre Cathedral
St. Pierre Cathedral is a historic Protestant church in Geneva, Switzerland, renowned as the home church of John Calvin and a major symbol of the Reformation.
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E.
Mariinsky Theatre
The Mariinsky Theatre is a historic opera and ballet house in Saint Petersburg, Russia, renowned as one of the world’s leading centers for classical music and performing arts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Russian Orthodox church
ⓘ
church building ⓘ landmark ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood
ⓘ
surface form:
Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ
Church of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ ⓘ Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood ⓘ
surface form:
Church of the Savior on Blood
Church on Spilled Blood ⓘ |
| architect |
Alfred Parland
ⓘ
Archimandrite Ignaty ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Russian Revival
ⓘ
neo-Russian ⓘ |
| builtOnSiteOf | assassination of Alexander II of Russia ⓘ |
| city |
St. Petersburg
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Petersburg
|
| commemorates | assassination of Alexander II of Russia ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Alexander III of Russia ⓘ |
| constructionEndDate | 1907 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1883 ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Jesus Christ ⓘ |
| denomination | Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ |
| features |
colorful domes
ⓘ
decorative tiles ⓘ elaborate mosaics ⓘ gilded domes ⓘ iconostasis ⓘ onion domes ⓘ |
| function |
museum
ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ |
| groundbreakingDate | 1883 ⓘ |
| hasDomeCount | five main domes ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationDate | 1990 ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | late Russian Empire ⓘ |
| interiorDecoration | mosaics ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments
ⓘ
surface form:
Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg
St. Petersburg ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Petersburg
|
| locatedNear |
Field of Mars
ⓘ
Mikhailovsky Palace ⓘ
surface form:
Mikhailovsky Garden
Nevsky Prospekt ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Griboyedov Canal ⓘ |
| mosaicArea | over 7,000 square meters ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Спас на Крови
ⓘ
Храм Спаса на Крови ⓘ |
| notableFor |
commemoration of Tsar Alexander II
ⓘ
rich polychrome decoration ⓘ |
| patron | Alexander III of Russia ⓘ |
| religion |
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodoxy
|
| roofType | tented roof ⓘ |
| styleInspiredBy | St. Basil's Cathedral ⓘ |
| yearCompleted | 1907 ⓘ |
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: Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood Description of subject: The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood is a richly decorated Russian Orthodox church in St. Petersburg, famed for its colorful onion domes and elaborate mosaics commemorating the site of Tsar Alexander II’s assassination.
Referenced by (28)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ
this entity surface form:
Church of the Savior on Blood
Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments
→
hasPart
→
Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood, Saint Petersburg
this entity surface form:
Church of the Savior on Blood
this entity surface form:
Church of the Savior on Blood