title: Kapulivka
text: # Kapulivka
  
  Kapulivka is a village of historical significance in Nikopol Raion of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in Ukraine. It belongs to Pokrovske rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The population is 2,053.
  
  ## Geography
  
  Kapulivka is situated on the right bank of the Kakhovka Reservoir. The distance to the raion center is about 20 km and passes by the N23 highway.
  
  ## History
  
  Kapulivka is a place where the Chortomlyk Sich was established in 1652 by kish otaman Fedir Lutay.
  
  A legendary kish otaman of the Zaporozhian Host Ivan Sirko was buried in Kapulivka in 1680.
  
  