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.[1] The population is 2,053.[2]

The Dnieper riverside in Kapulivka

Geography

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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.

 
Kapulivka

History

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Kapulivka is a place where the Chortomlyk Sich was established in 1652 by kish otaman Fedir Lutay.[3][4]

A legendary kish otaman of the Zaporozhian Host Ivan Sirko was buried in Kapulivka in 1680.[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ "Покровская сельская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. ^ "Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України". w1.c1.rada.gov.ua. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  3. ^ Gazeta.ua (2020-05-23). "Як знищили Чортомлицьку Січ". Gazeta.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  4. ^ "Де козаки – там і сила". www.ukrinform.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  5. ^ Katchanovski, Ivan; Kohut, Zenon E.; Nebesio, Bohdan Y.; Yurkevich, Myroslav (2013-07-11). Historical Dictionary of Ukraine. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7847-1.
  6. ^ "Конфлікт навколо могили Івана Сірка на Нікопольщині". Радіо Свобода (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2020-06-11.

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