Streltsy

As a result of a major investigation, 57 Streltsy were executed and the rest sent into exile.

The municipal streltsy were also under the jurisdiction of the local voevodes.

In certain locations, Streltsy were granted strips of land instead of money.

The century was preceded by mass executions of streltsy.

Gradually, streltsy were incorporated into the regular army.

The streltsy was Slovenian nationality, armed with the bow.

Ivan also commanded that a band of streltsy be sent to reinforce Yermak.

Initially, the streltsy were recruited from among the free tradespeople and from the rural population.

Peter stressed evolution away from the streltsy and gentry cavalry, although he never discarded it entirely.

"Prikaz" was also the name of streltsy, special riflemen regiments in 16th-17th centuries.

About this time (November 1584) 500 reinforcements, including Streltsy arrived from Russia.

On 6 June, after receiving a promised salary increase, the Streltsy withdrew from their active role in the riot.

The streltsy betrayed Nikita, who was subsequently executed.

The streltsy of Moscow guarded the Kremlin, performed general guard duty, and participated in military operations.

The two palace guard regiments would decide many such political issues in the future, resembling the old streltsy in this regard.

The streltsy became something of a "praetorian element" in Muscovite politics in the late seventeenth century.

Effective against Tatar raiders, Streltsy were politically unstable.

Military commanders deployed the streltsy in static formations, often against set formations or fortifications.

In the 16th century the bardiche became a weapon associated with streltsy (Russian guardsmen armed with firearms).

Resistance, concentrated among the peasantry but common among the urban population including the streltsy, was widespread and the Church found itself confronted with mass disobedience.

Streltsy's engagement in handicrafts and trade led to a significant proprietary inequality among them and their blending with tradepeople.

Besides the regular food assistance from the outside, many visiting workers, runaway soldiers, and even Streltsy made their way onto the island and joined the rebels.

Morozov commanded the Streltsy (musketeers) to drive the rioters out of the Kremlin, but they refused.

Russian tsars before Peter maintained professional hereditary musketeer corps (streltsy in Russian).

Initially, they recruited children of the landless boyars and Streltsy, volunteers, Cossacks and others.