The publication publishes the results of rescue archaeological work of the Smolensk expedition of the Institute of Archeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences 2010-2011. in the area of ​ ​ the Molokhov gate of the fortress wall of Smolensk. In the course of archaeological research during the construction of an underground passage to pl. Victory was discovered tree-earthen fortifications of the second half of the XVI - XVII centuries. - the remains of a wooden tyn, an earthen rampart fortified with log cabins, flooring of several tiers of bridge streets leading to the ancient Molokhov Gate.