Streltsy Department or Streletsky

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(Стрелецкий приказ in

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) was one of the main

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al bodies in

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in 16th and 17th centuries. The first reference to the Streltsy

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(SD) appears in 1571, but in the mid-1550s it already existed under the name of ''Streletskaya

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'' (Стрелецкая изба), the Streltsy House. SD was in charge of the

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and

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Streltsy, their lands and other

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, disbursement of their

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and bread allowances, and their cases in court. In 1672-1683, SD also collected Streltsy's

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es. After the Streltsy Uprising in 1698, SD was engaged in regular

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and

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matters. In 1701, SD was transformed into the Department on the Matters of the

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(Приказ земских дел, or ''Prikaz zemskikh del''), inheriting the functions of the Zemstvo

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in Moscow.

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