During his reign of Moldavia , Stephen III had a small wooden fort built in the town to defend the settlement from Tatar raids .
The town was the main Moldavian customs point on the commercial road linking the country to Tatar Crimea .
During his reign of Moldavian , Stephen III had a small wooden fort built in the town to defend the settlement from Tatar raids .
The town was the main Moldavian customs point on the commercial road linking the country to Tatar Crimea .