# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vladimir-peniakoff
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:30:40.005Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vladimir-peniakoff"
name: "Vladimir Peniakoff"
slug: "vladimir-peniakoff"
description: "Lieutenant-Colonel Vladimir \"Popski\" Peniakoff was the founder and commanding officer of No. 1 Demolition Squadron, PPA, colloquially known as \"Popski's Private Army\", during World War II."
tagline: "Belgian soldier (1897–1951)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Popski.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1897-03-30"
deathDate: "1951-05-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.78
  momentum:             0.929839391377853
  historical:           7.046548
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Vladimir Peniakoff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D9%BE%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D9%81"
    title: "ڤلاديمير پينياكوف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ভ্লাদিমির পেনিয়াকফ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Peniakoff"
    title: "Vladimir Peniakoff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Peniakoff"
    title: "Vladimir Peniakoff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%93%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A8_%D7%A4%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%90%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%91"
    title: "ולדימיר פניאקוב"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9F%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9A%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A2%E3%82%B3%E3%83%95"
    title: "ウラジーミル・ペニアコフ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8F%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%2C_%D0%92%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80_%D0%94%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Пеняков, Владимир Дмитриевич"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2478036"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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