It was surrounded by an earthen rampart with a wooden wall and a deep moat, had three entrances: Vodiana, Kyivska and Pohorila Gates.

Dytynets housed the princely court, rich estates of the wealthy nobility and the main cathedrals of the city.

From the north and west, Okolny Grad adjoined the Dytynets—the most populated handicraft and trading part of Chernihiv, not inferior in area to the City of Yaroslav in Kyiv.

At the foot of the Dytynets on the river side was an extensive Chernihiv hem, part of which (probably the area of the ancient pier) was fortified with a shaft with wooden structures.

On the west side, the Tretyak adjoined the Dytynets – an independent fortified section of the Okolny Grad with an area of 20 ha.

To the north and west of Okolny Castle there was a vast Pisgorodor[clarification needed] fortified with a stockade, rampart, and moat.

Since the old fortifications fell into disrepair, in 1531, by decree of Grand Duke Vasili III, the construction of a new wooden Kremlin kid's building with five high towers, a deep moat and an underground passage to the Strizhen River was completed by decree of the cape protruding to the side of the Desna.

Chernihiv suffered Polish ruin during the Time of Troubles in 1611, when units of the Kyiv subcommittee Samuel Ermine tricked into the city and completely burned it.

One of the main attractions of the children is the cannons from the bastions of the Chernihiv fortress, donated by the legend to the city of Peter I.