Kalinowski

FORMATION OF DEFENSIVE FORTIFICATIONS OF THE CHRONICLE PLAV (ZHVANETS) IN THE 12TH-18TH CENTURIES

For the first time in Ukrainian historiography, the authors of the article pay
attention to the urban genesis of the Podilya town of Zhvanets, which has historically been
formed as an important border point. Due to the geographical location and relief features of
the area, the states to which it belonged, saw it as strategic. Despite this, in the scientific
literature there is a little attention payed to the issue of urban development of the town, as a
result of which Zhvanets (as of 2020 - the center of Zhvanets United Territorial Community)