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    Tustan (Ukrainian: Тустань) was a Medieval cliff-side fortress-city and customs site of the 9th—16th centuries, an Old Rus' cliff-side defensive complex...
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  • Tustan may refer to Tustan, Baz Kia Gurab, a village of Baz Kia Gurab Rural District Tustan, Ukraine, a village in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Tustan, fortress...
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    Skole (redirect from History of Skole)
    centuries, the fortress of Tustan' existed on these rocks. 4,000 grooves[clarification needed] and glades have been discovered. An outline of the fortifications...
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    The Arabat Fortress, built in the 17th century by the Ottoman army, stands at the southernmost part of the Arabat Spit. Its purpose was to guard the spit...
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    The Kyiv Fortress or Kiev Fortress (Ukrainian: Київська фортеця, romanized: Kyivska fortetsia; Russian: Киевская крепость, romanized: Kievskaya krepost)...
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    Kodak fortress (Ukrainian: Кодак; Polish: Kudak) was a fort built in 1635 by the order of Władysław IV Vasa, ruler of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth...
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    The Khotyn Fortress (Ukrainian: Хотинська фортеця, Polish: twierdza w Chocimiu, Turkish: Hotin Kalesi, Romanian: Cetatea Hotinului) is a fortification...
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    Bohorodytska Fortress (Ukrainian: Богородицька фортеця, romanized: Bohorodytsʹka fortetsya) or Novobohorodytska Fortress is a 17th-century retrenchment of the...
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    Boryslav (redirect from History of Boryslav)
    the 9th and 13th centuries, the site of the modern town housed a fortress named Tustan, which was part of a belt of similar strongholds defending the Kievan...
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    Yeni-Kale (category Cultural heritage monuments of federal significance in Crimea)
    Yéni-Kaleb) is a fortress on the shore of Kerch Strait in the city of Kerch. In the ancient period in this area was the ancient Greek town of Myrmekion and...
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    19th-century fortress located next to Tarakaniv village in the Dubno district of Rivne Oblast, Ukraine. It was commissioned and built by Alexander II of the Russian...
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    Chufut-Kale (category Former capitals of Crimea)
    city-fortress in the Crimean Mountains that now lies in ruins. It is a national monument of Crimean Karaites culture just 3 km (1.9 mi) east of Bakhchysarai...
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  • Thumbnail for Fortress of St. Elizabeth
    The Fortress of St. Elizabeth (Ukrainian: Фортеця Святої Єлисавети, also known locally as "earthworks") is former earthen fortress in the form of a six-pointed...
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    age.). These of the rock are ancient Rus Rock defense the cliff-side fortress complex of Tustan. This village is located on the altitude of 499 metres (1...
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  • Thumbnail for Genoese fortress, Sudak
    Genoese fortress (Ukrainian: Генуезька фортеця, Russian: Генуэзская крепость, Crimean Tatar: Ceneviz qalesi) or Sudak fortress is a fortress in Sudak...
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    14778°N 33.69111°E / 46.14778; 33.69111 Or Qapi Fortress is a ruined fort located near the settlement of Perekop on the Perekop isthmus connecting the Crimean...
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  • Thumbnail for Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle
    three-part Polish fortress located in the historic city of Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukraine, in the historic region of Podilia in the western part of the country...
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  • Thumbnail for List of castles in Ukraine
    This is a list of castles in Ukraine. Akkerman Fortress in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Odesa Oblast Bar Castle in Bar, Vinnytsia Oblast Bavoriv Castle in Bavoriv...
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    Khadjibey (category Military history of Odesa)
    Hacıbey; Ukrainian: Коцюбіїв) was a fortress and a haven by the Gulf of Odesa, in the location of the modern city of Odesa, Ukraine. The settlement was...
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    Swallow's Nest (category Cultural heritage monuments of federal significance in Crimea)
    overlooks the Cape of Ai-Todor on the Black Sea coast and is located near the remains of the Roman castrum of Charax. The Swallow's Nest is one of the most popular...
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  • Borysohlibska fortress was built between about 1731–1739 as one of the forts of the Ukrainian line. It is located on the right bank of the river Oril...
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    Dubno Castle (redirect from Dubno Fortress)
    last of his family, undertook major renovations of the castle in the early 17th century. He made use of the trace itallienne, or "Italian style" of fortification...
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    Perevolochna (category Geography of Poltava Oblast)
    former fortress and town in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Cossack Hetmanate, and later a village in Poltava Oblast. Before the establishment of Kamianske...
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    capitulation of the Polish fortress in Kamieniec Podolski (now Kamianets-Podilskyi), it was the site of the evacuation of the fortress crew and was subsequently...
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    Skole Beskids (category Mountain ranges of Ukraine)
    located within the park. The Skole Beskids is also the site of the sandstone fortresses of Tustan', built between the 9th century and 13th century, now a...
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    located in Okopy, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine. The bastion fortress on the Dniester River, at the mouth of the Zbruch River, founded in 1692 by Hetman Stanisław...
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    rebuilt by the end of the 18th century and kept in good condition. Today, the ruins of the pentagonal tower and part of the fortress wall remain. (in Ukrainian)...
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    the only fortress of 10th century Rus' of such preservation, and the largest surviving fortress of that epoch. Fortress hill with the remains of a 1000...
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    was a fortress on the site of today's castle. At the time of the conquest, a fortress built from piles[clarification needed] stood at the top of today's...
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    Mangup (category Populated places of the Byzantine Empire)
    Mangup Kale (kale means "fortress" in Turkish) is a historic fortress in Crimea, located on a plateau about 13 kilometres east of Sevastopol (ancient Chersonesus)...
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