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    The streltsy (Russian: стрельцы, IPA: [strʲɪlʲˈt͡sɨ], lit. 'shooters/riflemen'; sg. стрелец, strelets, IPA: [strʲɪˈlʲet͡s]) were the units of Russian firearm...
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    The Streltsy uprising of 1698 (Russian: Стрелецкий бунт 1698 года) was an uprising of the Moscow Streltsy regiments. Some Russian historians believe that...
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    defeat at Narva in 1700, the government retained some streltsy units in service. Gradually, the streltsy were incorporated into the regular army. At the same...
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    14th-century Austria. In the 16th century the bardiche was associated with the streltsy, arquebusiers of Imperial Russia established by Ivan the Terrible. [The...
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    of the Streltsy Execution is a painting by Vasily Ivanovich Surikov, painted in 1881. It illustrates the public execution after the Streltsy's failed...
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  • The streltsy (singular: strelets, translated as shooter) were traditional border guards in Őrség [hu], a historical region of Hungary, in the village Sztrelec...
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    The Streltsy Department, also known as the Streletsky prikaz (Russian: Стрелецкий приказ), was one of the main governmental bodies in Russia (a prikaz)...
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    rebellion of Prince Ivan Khovansky, the Old Believers, and the Muscovite Streltsy against the regent Sofia Alekseyevna and the two young Tsars Peter the...
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  • than damaged units of traditional hereditary servitors-Landed cavalry and Streltsy. During military reforms in 1648 four types of professional regiments were...
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    with some leaders of the Streltsy, who continually aroused disorder and dissent. Peter, warned by others from the Streltsy, escaped in the middle of...
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    (Russian: Ива́н Андре́евич Хова́нский) was a Russian boyar who led the Streltsy during the Moscow Uprising of 1682, alternatively known as the Khovanshchina...
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    uprising of 1682, also known as the Streltsy uprising of 1682 (Russian: Стрелецкий бунт), was an uprising of the Moscow Streltsy regiments that resulted in supreme...
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    spilt by his Naryshkin relatives, the streltsy achieved their initial demands. In the aftermath of the streltsy rebellion, on 25 June 1682 the Patriarch...
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    that would establish his reputation, starting with The Morning of the Streltsy Execution. In 1881, he had his first exhibition with the Peredvizhniki...
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    along with much harsher measures such as the breaking wheel, during the Streltsy Uprising in 1698. Caning Knout Massie, Robert K. (1980). Peter the Great...
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    and played a major part in Russian life. During the Streltsy uprising, soldiers of the Streltsy staged a revolt against the Naryshkin family (the relatives...
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    after the Streltsy uprising had been crushed. The tower received its name in honor of Lavrentii Pankrat'evich Sukharev, whose regiment of streltsy had supported...
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    1380–1698 Landed Army c. 1700 Tsardom of Russia Army of the Tsardom of Russia Streltsy c. 1550–1721 New Order Regiments 1648–98 Russian Empire Imperial Russian...
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    become Tsar. These rumours fomented the Moscow Uprising of 1682, and the streltsy stormed the Kremlin. These disturbances subsided only after Ivan appeared...
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    Naryshkins. At first, the throne was given to Peter, but as a result of the streltsy uprising in Moscow, a compromise solution was found and both Peter and...
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    important occasions, such as the Azov campaigns and the torture of the Streltsy after their uprising. Zotov held a number of state posts, including from...
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    Peter I of Russia maintained professional hereditary musketeer corps (streltsy in Russian) that were highly unreliable and undisciplined. In times of...
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    founded the first such units in 1683, to replace the politically motivated Streltsy. The Imperial Guard subsequently increased in size and diversity to become...
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    when the Russian forces began fighting with modernized Baltic forces. Streltsy Time of Troubles Соловьёв С. М (1871). История России с древнейших времён...
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    in rural regions. Tsar also created the first regular army in Russia: Streltsy. His long Livonian War (1558–1583) for control of the Baltic coast and...
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    surrounding districts of a thousand servicemen forming a local brigade of Streltsy, which essentially became a key document in the further formation and development...
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    later used historic art to depict the common people (The Morning of the Streltsy Execution by Vasily Surikov). During their blossoming (1870–1890), the...
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    self-government, as well as establishing the first Russian standing army, the streltsy. Ivan conquered the khanates of Kazan and Astrakhan, and significantly...
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  • Baryatinsky in his Orsha campaign. In 1658, Kirill Naryshkin served as head of a Streltsy unit in Smolensk. In 1660, he was sent to the Terek region as a commander...
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