Kinburn Fortress is a former 15th-century Turkish fortress on the western end of the Kinburn Spit. In 1736, during a raid by a detachment of Russian troops under the command of General Leontiev, the Kinburn fortress was captured and destroyed, but the returning Turks rebuilt it. In 1774, the fortress was ceded to Russia under the Kuchuk-Kainarji peace treaty. Under the leadership of General-General A.V. Suvorov, new fortifications were built, which helped to defeat the Turkish landing on the Kinburg Spit in 1787.
In October 1855, during the Crimean War, the fortress was attacked by the Anglo-French fleet, destroyed by naval artillery fire and capitulated. Later, an artificial island was built from the remains of the fortress at the entrance to the Dnieper-Bug Estuary. At present, earth ramparts, a place where an artillery battery was installed and a ditch crossing the spit from north to south, have been preserved from the fortress. In 2009, a bow cross with a sign describing the history of the battle with the Turkish troops was installed on the ramparts.