Bear, Ivan

Ivan Medved (years of birth and death are unknown) is a Zaporizhzhya Cossack , one of the leaders of the Gaidamak movement of 1734 in Ukraine.

A participant in the Gaidamak uprising led by Verlan in Right-Bank Ukraine in 1734 . After the suppression of the uprising, Ivan Medved fled from Ukraine to the steppe, where he formed the Gaidamak detachment.

In the spring of 1736, Ataman Ivan Medved with a large detachment of Haidamaks broke into the southern Polish border estates. Gaydamak took the cities of Krylov and Chigirin , ravaged the gentry estates and villages, attacked small detachments of Poles. Ataman Bear himself even sent a challenge to the battle of the Polish regimentary Malinsky. In the battle of Borovitsa, the Bear was defeated by the Poles and was badly wounded. Bear himself fled for the river. Dnieper , and the remains of his detachment retreated to Krylov . Soon, a new guard detachment under the command of Matvey Griva arrived to help the Bear. The Polish troops were forced to abandon further persecution of the Haidamaks and retreated to winter apartments. In the summer, Bear and Mane spent on the Tsybulnik River, gathering strength and preparing for a new attack on the Ukrainian voivodships.

In the autumn of 1736, six Haidamak detachments led by the atamans of Griva, Medved, Zhily , Rudia, Ivanitsa, and Kharko invaded Kiev province from different directions. On October 7, the Gaidamak detachments united under the town of Pavoloch , which belonged to the magnate princes of Lyubomirsky . Gaydamak took Pavoloch , captured the city castle and killed the princely governor Zuzulinsky. All Poles and Jews who were in the castle were killed, and their property was looted.

From Pavolochi, the Gaidam detachments moved to the town of Pogrebishche , which belonged to the princes Vishnevetsky . In the city castle, many nobles and Jews took refuge. The rebels besieged and stormed the place. All Poles and Jews were killed, and their property was seized. Having ravaged several gentry estates in the vicinity of the Cellars , the Mittens divided their forces into small detachments and retreated to the steppes, where they spent the winter on the Tsybulnik River. According to the Polish command, the number of Haidamaks reached 1000 people.

There is no historical data on the future fate of Ivan Medved.