Built in the 13th century. by order of Prince Danylo Galytskyi in place early Slavic fortifications. Castle (Citadel) consists of four defense towers, palace commandant, officers barracks, churches and parts of the 16th century painting. For a long time the fort was an outpost of the Galicia-Volyn principality, an important defensive point of Transnistria. In the 16th century. it strengthens the Moldovan king Stephen III. In 1621, under the Khotyn combined Polish-Ukrainian troops under the command of Hetman Khodkevych Ya. defeated 150,000th Turkish army, which was considered invincible. The decisive role played in the Battle of Khotyn 40000th Cossack army Hetman Sagaidachnyi. However, Khotyn has remained under the rule of the Turks, who in the 18th century. with the help of French engineers was built next to the castle fortress with earthen New moats, bastions and four gates. Inside could accommodate 20000th garrison. After the annexation of Bessarabia to the Russian Empire in the 19th century. fort has been restored castle converted into a mosque garrison church of Alexander Nevskyi, a mosque in the New Fortress was the church St. Nicolas. After the Crimean War, the fortress as a military objective has lost value, but well preserved.