Pages: 255-267 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.55086/sp216255267

One of the most famous periods in the construction history of the Akkerman Fortress is associated with the name of the French engineer in the Turkish service — François Kauffer. As a result of his activities, the medieval stronghold significantly changed its appearance in the last decade of the 18th century, adapting to the tasks of conducting a modern siege war with the help of heavy powder artillery. The dating of these large-scale works in Ackerman remained under question. Some new documentary sources with their detailed information made such dating possible. Kauffer fixed his presence in the fortress with an autograph on the wall of the citadel tower. Apparently, the modernization took place here in the spring and summer of 1796. Equally, the end of the works was marked by the tughra of the ruling Sultan Selim III, installed on the facade of the main gate. The date on Selim III’s tarih and the one in Kauffer’s autograph is 1796.

Keywords: Kauffer, Akkerman fortress, bastion fortification, Selim III, epigraphy

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Andrii Krasnozhon (Odessa, Ukraine). Doctor of Historical Sciences. South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K. D. Ushinsky. Staroportofrankovskaya St., 26, Odessa, 65000, Ukraine
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