Moscow Sagittarius of the second half of the XVII - beginning of the XVIII century. Firing dexter

"Firing dexterity to shoot" - this is how one of the professional requirements for the combat effectiveness of Moscow Sagittarius was formulated, which included the ability to quickly and accurately fire. Despite this, Sagittarius from pre -revolutionary and Soviet historians for a long time received the label of "backwards", who had lost the combat effectiveness of the" troops. "Landiness" was determined by the belonging of the Streletsky Corps to the Armed Forces of the Old" of Russia. The army of Peter I, on the contrary, was considered "progressive", "advanced" and "combat -ready". In fact, fidelity to the oath, resistance and skillful shooting, which were a distinctive feature of the Moscow Sagittarius, under the king-reformer became mandatory for all infantry. Examples of stamina and combat training of archers are numerous military campaigns and internal conflicts of that era: defense of Mogilev and Vitebsk, storming of Dinaburg, siege of Riga, defense of Kyiv, a battle under Verki, assault and the siege of Konotop, Battle of Konotope and Polonka, Battle of Basya River And sucking, the suppression of the copper rebellion and the uprising of Stepan Razin, the two defense of Chigirin, the battle on Strelnikova Gora, the Crimean and Azov campaigns, the battle of Narva, the battles of the erestfer, the gummelshof, under the salads, under Jacobstadt, under Fraushtadt, under Kletskoye, under Kletskoy Finally, the turning point of the Poltava Bataly.
The author based on the rich archival material for the first time explores the combat effectiveness of Moscow Sagittarius, their participation in all the main battles of the second half of the XVII - early XVIII centuries. This book in detail traces the development of the Moscow Streletsky Corps, whose truly huge combat experience became the property of the entire Russian infantry of the era of Peter the Great