KHOTYN FORTRESS Donenko Platon

HISTORY OF KHOTYN
FORTRESS
The fortress is in one of the oldest towns in Ukraine; it has already celebrated its
Millennium anniversary. Few people know that Khotyn, which is now a district
centre, used to lie at the intersection of trade routes, and later – on the borders of
different states. Therefore, merchants from different countries of Western and
Eastern Europe used to come to Khotyn’s fairs. And Khotyn itself was a tempting
morsel, that’s why different peoples fought for it. Having a strategic location,
Khotyn was desirable for many countries for centuries, so it survived battles, war
and siege. Turks, Poles and Russians wanted to own the town, so its history was both
dramatic and heroic.
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KHOTYN FORTRESS Khotyn, Chernivtsi region

WHO BUILT KHOTYN
FORTRESS
The Khotyn fortress was built by the
Eastern Slavs during the reign of Prince
Vladimir Svyatoslavovich. In the middle of
the 18th century, during the reign of Danylo
Galitsky, the fortification of the fortress
was rebuilt from a wooden stone fret.
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Khotyn Fortress throughout history

served for war with other states, for
example, the Russian-Turkish war.
And this fortress is a very important
part of our history.
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