Artifex   Posts: 613 Name: Streltsy Faction: Tsardom of Russia Period: 1570-1700 Description: Quote: Originally Posted by wikipedia The first strel'tsy units were created by Ivan the Terrible sometime between 1545 and 1550 and armed with the harquebus . They first saw combat at the Siege of Kazan' in 1552. Initially, the strel'tsy