Fortress in Chocim (Khotyn)
Channel: PLUA. History by drone
Date: 08/09/2021

🇵🇱 Zamek w Chocimiu
🇺🇦 Хотинська фортеця

𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗱: 15th century (in the 18th century, the Turks added external fortifications around the fortress).

𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿: Moldavian Hospodar Stephen III the Great (the fortress was built in the place of the former fortification built by the King of Ruthenia, Daniel of Galicia and his son Lew).

𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲:  

Khotyn fortifications (currently in Ukraine) have been known since the times of Vladimir the Great. Fortress lies on the Dniester river and often passed from hands to hands as an important Moldavian, Polish and Ottoman border stronghold, with new owners introducing improvements. In the 18th century external fortifications around the fortress were added by Turks. 

Several important battles were fought here. Two of them are very famous.

In 1621 the army of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth repulsed the great invasion of the Ottoman Empire. The enormous number of people took part in the several-week battle (soldiers and armed servants) for about as many as 300,000. During the battle on 7 of September, 600 hussars crashed about 10,000 enemy soldiers in a single charge. At this sight Sultan Osman II cried with grief and powerlessness.

In 1673 the roles were reversed. The army of the Ottoman Empire defended the castle and spread around the fortified camp. In the two-day battle, the army of the Polish - Lithuanian Commonwealth gained reinforcements and defeated the opponent.

The “PL-UA. History by drone” project consists of 100 short film productions depicting architectural monuments that were created in the period of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The series of short documentary films were screened in Ukraine. A Polish-Ukrainian team consisting of historians, journalists, writers, non-governmental organisations and youth joined forces to create the films. Project was financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland.

Project implementation:

- Europe-East Integration Association (http://www.siew.org.pl/en/),
- Polish Institute in Kyiv (http://www.polinst.kyiv.ua/eng/),
- Ukrainian Communication Group (https://www.youtube.com/user/goodresttv).

The Facebook profile of the project: https://www.facebook.com/pluazdrona/.

Media partner of the project is the historical portal historykon.pl (https://historykon.pl/).
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