defense system, along with Suceava, Hotin, Soroca, Orhei, Tighina, Chilia and Cetatea Albă. Lack of reliable information on the origins of Neamț Fortress...

The siege of Chilia ended in the takeover of the Chilia Fortress [ro; uk], in the Principality of Moldavia (today located in Kiliia in present-day Ukraine)...

truce with Matthias Corvinus, the Ottomans captured Chilia and their Crimean Tatar allies Cetatea Albă (now Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi in Ukraine) in 1484...

the port of Cetatea Albă to Poland), strengthened the forts by guarding them and expanded the Moldavian ports of Cetatea Albă and Chilia. He also had...

were taken prisoner. In 1485, the Ottoman Empire seized the ports of Chilia and Cetatea Albă, which belonged to Moldavia. The Moldavian Hospodar Stephen the...

Their demands were declined by the Voivode. The Moldavian ships from Chilia and Cetatea Albă, further captured several other Turkish ships. Another mention...

Tyrant. He led the campaigns of the Moldavian army against Tighina, Chilia, Cetatea Albă, and northern Dobruja, then occupied by the Ottomans. Răzvan became...

of the Cosmin Forest (1497). However, he had to surrender Chilia (now Kiliia) and Cetatea Albă (now Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi), the two main fortresses in...

the first Ottoman attempt to capture castle Chilia. The ports of Chilia and Akkerman (Romanian: Cetatea Albă) were essential for Moldavian commerce....

resulted in a major victory for Moldavia. After the Moldavian loss of Chilia and Cetatea Albă, the Ottoman threat seemed more evident. John I Albert was suzerain...