# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ivan-pidkova
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:54:16.273Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ivan-pidkova"
name: "Ivan Pidkova"
slug: "ivan-pidkova"
description: "Ivan Pidkova or Ioan Potcoavă, also known as Ioan Crețul, and Nicoară Potcoavă among Romanians, was a prominent Cossack ataman, and short-time ruler of Moldavia. His moniker is said to originate in the fact that he used to ride his stallions to the point of breaking off their horseshoes; another version says that he could break and unbend both horseshoes and coins with his fists. He is perhaps best known as the protagonist of Taras Shevchenko's poem Ivan Pidkova (1840). Celebrated as a Ukrainian hero he led the Moldavian and Ukrainian struggle against Turkish domination. During his Moldavian campaign in November 1577, Pidkova temporarily took power in Moldavia."
tagline: "Hetman of Ukraine"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ivan_Podkova.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
deathDate: "1578-06-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.63
  momentum:             8.703494926719278
  historical:           9.459724000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%86%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9F%D1%96%D0%B4%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0"
    title: "Іван Підкова"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ioan_Potcoav%C4%83"
    title: "Ioan Potcoavă"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%99%CE%B2%CE%AC%CE%BD_%CE%A0%CE%B9%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%BA%CF%8C%CE%B2%CE%B1_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%9C%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B4%CE%B1%CE%B2%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82"
    title: "Ιβάν Πιντκόβα της Μολδαβίας"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Pidkova"
    title: "Ivan Pidkova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ioan_Potcoav%C4%83"
    title: "Ioan Potcoavă"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/IV._J%C3%A1nos_moldvai_fejedelem"
    title: "IV. János moldvai fejedelem"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%85%D5%B8%D5%B6_%D5%8A%D5%B8%D5%BF%D5%AF%D5%B8%D5%BE%D5%A1"
    title: "Յոն Պոտկովա"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Podkowa"
    title: "Jan Podkowa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ioan_Potcoav%C4%83"
    title: "Ioan Potcoavă"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0"
    title: "Иван Подкова"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Pidkova"
    title: "Ivan Pidkova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1060753"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump