The fortification significantly towered over the river valley, so there was a good view of the entire city from the castle.

It is likely that the castle not only protected the approach to the city from the north, but also controlled the main roads leading to it.

During the first period of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi's rebellion in 1648, Cossack-Tartar troops seized the castle, and the Tatars looted and almost completely destroyed the town.

[2] St. Nicholas Basilian Orthodox Church was built on the site of the castle.

[3] In the first half of the 17th century, the castle was rectangular in shape, measuring about 100 by 150 meters, and was protected by earthen ramparts and ditches, as well as stone fortifications.