The Citadel - a fortification located near the center of the city. It is located on a hill formed by three small mountains: Shembeka, Poznan and Zhebratskaya. In terms of landscape geology Citadel can be interpreted as a remnant of a plateau at the Lviv plateau. In the mid-17th century, this place was fought with the shelling of the city by Russian troops besieging it later - Turkish troops and their ally, right-bank hetman Doroshenko. Projected Austrian military fortifications of the Citadel after the suppression of the Polish insurrection in 1848. The approaches to the Citadel strengthened three tranches of approximately one and a half kilometers from the center of the Citadel. At the end of the 19th century it was built nine auxiliary forts.

Since 1912 po1914 year were erected eleven forts: Gribovich I and II, Dubliany, Sikhov, Bison, Lisinichi, Sokolniki, Sknilov, Zyavlenskaya mountain Ryasna. During the World Wars to strengthen not used in combat. There have found the location of the barracks first Austro-Hungarian, and then Russian, Polish and, finally, the Soviet troops. During the Great Patriotic War there was a POW camp. In order to strengthen the protection of the Germans built a system of small concrete bunkers, which are arranged in a circle on the slopes. After the torture chambers of the concentration camp "Citadel" has been almost two hundred and eighty thousand people, half of whom died from hunger and disease. The preserved fortifications include three-storey building barracks and six towers. All cases of the Citadel built in red brick.

And today Citadel conquers his power and strength, it is a building steeped in martial spirit.