Materials for the study of Bessarabian fortresses of 1807-1820s

The article is devoted to the analysis and publication of materials on the state of the fortresses of Bessarabia dated 1810s-1820s, in particular half-forgotten article of Alexey Martos "Some military remarks on Bessarabia" (1816). It was concluded that from 1806 and 1809, after the capture by Russian troops, the repair and reconstruction of the main fortresses of the region have been initiated almost immediately, at first secretly. It was a significant amount of work, which, however, did not reach its goal, since all the fortresses during the 19th century were disarmed or destroyed: Khotyn (1856), Bender (1897), Akkerman (1932), Kiliya (1856), Izmail (1856).