Streltsy Department

The Streltsy Department, also known as the Streletsky prikaz (Russian: Стрелецкий приказ), was one of the main governmental bodies in Russia (a prikaz) during the 16th and 17th centuries.

Streltsy patrol at Ilyinsky Gate in Old Moscow, painting by Andrei Ryabushkin (1897)

The first reference to the Streletsky prikaz appears in 1571,[1] but in the mid-1550s, it already existed under the name of Streletskaya izba (Russian: Стрелецкая изба, lit. 'strelets izba').[2]

The Streletsky prikaz was in charge of the Moscow and municipal streltsy, their lands and other properties, disbursement of their salary and bread allowances, and their cases in court. In 1672–1683, it also collected the taxes of the streltsy. After the streltsy uprising in 1698, the Streletsky prikaz was engaged in regular administrative and managerial matters. In 1701, it was transformed into the Prikaz zemskikh del (Russian: Приказ земских дел), inheriting the functions of the zemstvo police department in Moscow.

See also

References
  1. Filjushkin, Alexander (30 August 2008). Ivan the Terrible: A Military History. Frontline Books. p. 34. ISBN 978-1-84832-504-3.
  2. Wieczynski, Joseph L. (1976). The Modern Encyclopedia of Russian and Soviet History. Academic International Press. p. 205. ISBN 978-0-87569-064-3.

Further reading
  • Богоявленский С. К. Московский приказной аппарат и делопроизводство XVI—XVII веков. Moscow, Языки славянской культуры. 2006. — 603 pp.; ISBN 5-9551-0165-9 (in Russian)
  • Веселовский С. Б. Дьяки и подьячие XV—XVII веков. М. Наука. 1975. — 608 pp.(in Russian)
  • Павлов А. П. Приказы и приказная бюрократия (1584—1605 гг.) // Исторические записки Института истории Академии наук СССР. Voil. 116. Moscow, 1988.(in Russian)
  • Романов М. Ю. Стрельцы московские. Moscow, 2004. — 351 pp.(in Russian)
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