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were applied to the fingers and toes of some prisoners; while others had their backs slowly roasted or had their flanks and bare feet slowly torn apart with red-hot iron pincers. Peter thus induced suspect after suspect to name accomplices in a virtually unending cavalcade of forced, and likely often
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Between 22 June and 28 June 1698, fifty-seven of the Streltsy uprising leaders were executed by hanging and the rest were sent into exile. Upon his hurried return from London on 25 August 1698, Peter I ordered another investigation. Between September 1698 and February 1699, 1,182 Streltsy were
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instead of Moscow. On their way there they were starving and carrying their ordnance by themselves, due to lack of horses. In March 1698, 175 Streltsy left their regiments and fled to Moscow to file a complaint. They secretly established contact with
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and foreign advisers and blaming them for all adversities. The rebels (approx. 2,300 men) intended to install Sophia or, in case of her refusal, her alleged lover
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On 6 June, the Streltsy removed their commanding officers, chose four electives from each regiment, and made their way to Moscow, getting ready to punish the
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Peter employed savage tortures while investigating the incident. Many suspects were whipped to death with the
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Volksaufstände in Russland. Von der Zeit der Wirren bis zur "Grünen Revolution" gegen die Sowjetherrschaft
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to attack the Streltsy. On 18 June, the Streltsy were defeated not far from the New Jerusalem Monastery (
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This article is about the Streltsy uprising of 1698. For the Streltsy uprising of 1682, see
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Herd, Graeme P. "Modernizing the muscovite military: The systemic shock of 1698."
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Some Russian historians believe that the Streltsy uprising represented a
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The Moscow Streltsy, who had participated in Peter the Great's
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at the time. Others see it as a riot against the yoke of
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Index

Moscow uprising of 1682

The Morning of the Streltsy Execution
Vasily Surikov
1698
Tsardom of Russia
possible causes
Russian
uprising
Streltsy
regiments
reactionary
Peter the Great
tour of cities in northern and western Europe
serfdom
military-service
Azov campaigns
garrison
Velikiye Luki
Sophia Alekseyevna
Novodevichy Monastery
boyars
Vasili Golitsyn
cavalry
Aleksey Shein
Patrick Gordon
Voskresensky Monastery
knout
stretched
thumbscrews

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