Inozemsky

Prikaz A prikaz (russian: прика́з, ''prikaz''; , plural: ) was an administrative, judicial, territorial, or executive office functioning on behalf of palace, civil, military, or church authorities in Muscovy and in Russia from the 15th to the 18 ...

(russian: Иноземский приказ, lit. Office for the Affairs of the Foreigners) was a central government agency in the 17th-century

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, which dealt with the affairs of the foreigners, including those hired by the

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. This prikaz was established around 1624 and then merged with the

Reiter Prikaz ''Reiter'' or ''Schwarze Reiter'' ("black riders", anglicized ''swart reiters'') were a type of cavalry in 16th to 17th century Central Europe including Holy Roman Empire, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Tsardom of Russia, and others. ...

in 1680. Inozemsky Prikaz also governed the affairs of the

German Quarter German Quarter (russian: Неме́цкая слобода́, ''Nemetskaya sloboda''), also known as the Kukuy Quarter (), was a neighborhood in the northeast of Moscow, located on the right bank of the Yauza River east of Kukuy Creek (h ...

until 1666. In 1701, its functions were transferred under the authority of the

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