In 1538 the fortress fell from the invasion of the troops of the head of the Polish Principality of Sigismund I the Elder. During the occupation the Polish army blew up the area between the Gate tower and the South wall. Subsequently, during reconstruction (1540-1544) was damaged, the curtain wall was reconstructed and remotely to South. So rekonstrukcja provided with the Entry tower, which was used only by the elite.
In 1563 the Khotyn fortress was taken by Dmytro Baida Vyshnevetsky. The purpose of the capture of the fortress was the adoption of the agreement with the Moldavian boyars to jointly combat Turkish troops. However, the Biden campaign culminated in the collapse and the leader was executed in Constantinople.
Being kluczowym strategic point, in 1615. domination in Khotyn back into the hands of the poles, although it was not very long until 1621, when, according to the Khotyn peace agreement, came the Moldovan hosts. The impetus for the signing of the agreement was a joint victory in the battle of Khotyn Zaporozhye Cossack troops with the Moldovan against the Commonwealth. The leader of the Cossacks was Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny.
Twice Hawtin passed into the hands of the Cossack army led by Bohdan Khmelnytsky during the liberation movement of the Ukrainian lands from Polish nobility (1648-1654 years)
For 1711-1718. from the hands of Sultan Ahmed III Khotyn fortress once again experiencing renovations and extentions, and its walls become even more inaccessible to the enemies. Reconstructions involved in the French engineers, who laid the building external line of defense, total area of which amounted to 22 hectares. the Defensive wall contained stone Contrescarpe and bastions for artillery. Also, built a lot of trains, kazarmu and a mosque.
Modernization did not prevent the Russian Mir. During the Russo-Turkish war Khotyn fortress fell three times to the Russian Empire, — 1739, 1769, 1787. But for a long time to keep the Russians it was not possible in any of the three occupations — every time vsco doyouhaveto Ottoman fortress. Only in 1812, after a regular capture of Khotin in 1806 signed a peace Treaty, according to which the city came into the final possession of the Russian Empire. Soon, 1856, Khotyn fortress lost its strategic defensive value.
1918-1944 years are the years when the Khotyn fortress was involved in the Romanian kings. But at the end of the Second World War Hawtin is part of the Ukrainian SSR.
In 2000, the fortress received the status of one of the "Seven Wonders of Ukraine" and became the state historical and architectural reserve.