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Strelitzes

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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The name given to the life-guards of the czar, which at one time numbered 40,000; became so unruly and dangerous to the State that they were dissolved by Peter the Great, and dispersed in 1705.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Strelitzes'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​s/strelitzes.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
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