Castle Hill is in the Podolsk district of Kiev, and represents an outlier, formed in the Quaternary. Its height above the level of the Dnieper is over 80 meters and above Podil - about 50 meters. Regarding the names of mountains in the ancient Russian time no consensus, but it is believed that it could be called Horevitsey. Since the XVI century it is known as the Castle and, as a rule, the origin of the name associated with the construction of the Lithuanian princes Vladimir Olgerdovich or Vitovt wooden castle, built after the occurrence of Kiev in 1362 - 63 years in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Since 1646 Mr. castle mound more often called Kyselivka (derived from the name of the last Polish commanders of Kiev - Adam Jones). Kiev castle on top of the mountain has existed since the end of the XIV century until the middle of XVII century. Its capacity were installed around the perimeter of the upper part of the mountain wooden Gorodnya - curbs, not only performs defensive functions, but also used for storage of military supplies, equipment and documents Kiev. They also served as living quarters for the inhabitants of the castle. In the castle can be accessed through the main gate - Provincial (North), located on the part of the modern market and Zhitnyaya Drabskie, on the southern edge of the mountain. Near the latter began Crooked Bridge, which connected the mountain with its lower part, Klinetsem. From the Monastery there Frolovska additional gate. On the tower Provincial gate from the middle of the XVI century were the only ones in that time Kiev hours. In 1840, Castle Hill was transferred Frolovsky nunnery at the cemetery, resulting in a new name for the mountain Frolovskaya that has survived until now. The monastery was originally placed the graves on the terraces of the mountain, where was his last resting place of Kiev intellectuals. In particular, it was buried in one of the researchers Castle Hill - Professor Nikolai Petrov. Then the whole territory of the mountain turned into an elite cemetery, where members of the aristocracy buried Podil that time. In 1857 the cemetery was built the church of the Holy Trinity. The cemetery was declared closed in 1921. In the late 1940's at Castle Hill was placed a small military unit that served the station built here - "jammers." In the early 1990's radio station as unnecessary dismantled, and the construction of a military unit was dismantled for building materials.