Streltsy Department or Streletsky Prikaz

Prikaz

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(Стрелецкий приказ in Russian

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) was one of the main government

Government

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al bodies in Russia

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 in 16th and 17th centuries.

The first reference to the Streltsy Department

Ministry (government department)

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 (SD) appears in 1571, but in the mid-1550s it already existed under the name of Streletskaya izba (Стрелецкая изба), the Streltsy Hut

Hut

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.

SD was in charge of the Moscow

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 and Municipal Streltsy, their lands and other property

Property

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, disbursement of their salary

Salary

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 and bread allowance

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

Tax

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es. After the Streltsy Uprising

Streltsy Uprising

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 in 1698, SD was engaged in regular administrative

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 and managerial

Management

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

Zemstvo

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 (Приказ земских дел, or Prikaz zemskikh del), inheriting the functions of the Zemstvo Police Department in Moscow.