Soroca became a regional center featuring large squares, modernized streets, hospitals, grammar schools and conventionalized churches. The locality was greatly extended in the 19th century, during a period of relative prosperity. The Soroca Fort is an important attraction in Soroca, having preserved cultures and kept the old Soroca in the present day. The stronghold was sacked by the Russians in the Austro-Russian–Turkish War (1735–39). It was of vital military importance during the Pruth River Campaign of Peter the Great in 1711. Between 15 under the rule of Peter IV Rareș, the fort was rebuilt in stone as a perfect circle with five bastions situated at equal distances.ĭuring the Great Turkish War, John III Sobieski's forces successfully defended the fort against the Ottomans.

Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, then known as Akkerman, and Khotyn) on the Dniester, two forts on the Danube and three forts on the north border of medieval Moldova. The original wooden fort, which defended a ford over the Dniester, was an important link in the chain of fortifications which comprised four forts (e.g. Its location is only a few kilometers from the Moldova-Ukrainian Soroca (Russian: сорока) means Magpie in Russian language. The origins of the name Soroca are not fully known. It is known for its well-preserved stronghold, established by the Moldavian prince Stephen the Great ( Ştefan cel Mare in Romanian) in 1499. The city has its origin in the medieval Genoese trade post of Olchionia, or Alchona.

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