Streletsky prikaz

The Streletsky prikaz (Russian: Стрелецкий приказ), sometimes translated as the Streltsy Department, was one of the main governmental bodies (a prikaz) in Russia during the 16th and 17th centuries which administered the streltsy.^[1]

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

History

The first reference to the Streletsky prikaz appears in 1571,^[1][2] but in the mid-1550s, it already existed under the name of Streletskaya izba (Russian: Стрелецкая изба, lit. 'strelets izba').^[3]

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.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Inozemsky prikaz

References

1. Langer, Lawrence N. (11 December 2001). Historical Dictionary of Medieval Russia. Scarecrow Press. p. 211. ISBN 978-0-8108-6618-8.
2. Filjushkin, Alexander (30 August 2008). Ivan the Terrible: A Military History. Frontline Books. p. 34. ISBN 978-1-84832-504-3.
3. 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)