Hotinskaya fortress-one of the most important defense point of Kievan Rus. At the end of the fourteenth century is a member of the Moldovan knyazhestva.V this time the castle was thoroughly renovated. During the XVI-XVII century. Fortress by heavy fighting and diplomatic negotiations, many times changed owners. Owned and Poland, and Moldova, and Turkey. In 1621 played out Hotinskaya famous battle, the consequences of which rescued Western Europe from the expansion of Islam. Polish-Cossack troops under the command of Jan Chodkiewicz and Piotr Konashevych-Sagaydachny won the 250 thousandth of Turkish troops. During the Cossack military castle was twice captured troops of Bohdan Khmelnytsky. But at the beginning of the XVIII century the Turks managed to gain a foothold here to stay. In 1807, Hawtin finally captured the Russian. While retreating, the Turks almost completely destroyed the castle. According to the Treaty of Bucharest in 1812, Hawtin was a part of Russia and very soon lost its defensive significance.