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27-511: (Redirected from Taganskaya ) Tagansky (masculine), Taganskaya (feminine), or Taganskoye (neuter) may refer to: Tagansky District , a district of Moscow Taganskaya Street  [ ru ] in Moscow Taganskaya (Koltsevaya line) , a Moscow Metro station on the Koltsevaya line Taganskaya (Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line) ,

54-491: A Moscow Metro station on the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line Tagansky Protected Command Point , a bunker underneath Moscow See also [ edit ] Taganka (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Tagansky . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to

81-525: A season campaigning meant loss of income. The streltsy and their families lived in their own neighborhoods or districts settlements and received money and bread from the State Treasury. In certain locations, the streltsy were granted strips of land instead of money. The streltsy settlement in Moscow was located near where the main campus of Moscow State University now stands. Military commanders deployed

108-520: The Bulavin Rebellion of 1705–1706 in Astrakhan . At the same time, those streltsy who had been on top of the hierarchy enjoyed their social status and, therefore, tried to hold back the regular streltsy forces and keep them on the government’s side. In the late 17th century, the streltsy of Moscow began to actively participate in a struggle for power between different government groups, supporting

135-523: The Northern Wars in the early 17th century, and military operations in Poland and Crimea , in the second half of the 17th century, the streltsy started to display their backwardness compared to the regular soldier or reiter regiments (see Imperial Russian Army ). Military service hardships, frequent salary delays, abuse on the part of local administration and commanders led to regular streltsy, especially

162-523: The Old Believers and showing hostility towards any foreign innovations. The streltsy became something of a "praetorian element" in Muscovite politics in the late 17th century. In 1682, they attempted to prevent Peter I from coming to the throne in favor of his half-brother, Ivan V . After the fall of Sophia Alekseyevna in 1689, the government of Peter I engaged in a process of gradual limitation of

189-864: The Taganka district is the Taganskaya Square , where the Taganka Theatre is located. The skyline is dominated by the Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building , once the tallest skyscraper in the Soviet Union. The area contains a fine set of pre-Petrine parish churches, including the Athonite metochion and the Bolvanovka Church of St. Nicholas. Apart from Taganka proper, the modern district includes other historic neighbourhoods such as Kulishki in

216-577: The federal city of Moscow , Russia , located between the Moskva and Yauza Rivers near the mouth of the latter. Population: 116,744 ( 2010 Census ) ; 109,993 ( 2002 Census ) . The district takes its name from the former Taganskaya sloboda , where the copper-smiths lived in the 16th century. Tagan is the old Russian word for their product, a trivet to set a pot on (known in English as "brand-iron"). The city of Moscow expanded beyond

243-421: The 16th century, there were 20,000 to 25,000 streltsy. In 1681, there were 55,000, including 22,500 in Moscow alone. The engagements of the streltsy in handicrafts and trade led to a significant proprietary inequality among them and their blending with tradesmen. Even though the streltsy demonstrated their fighting efficiency on several occasions, such as during the siege of Kazan in 1552, the war with Livonia ,

270-586: The 17th century were run by the streltsy . In the fire of 1812 , Zayauzye burned down almost completely. In the Yauza part of the district, 36 houses remained, in Rogozhskaya - 63, in Taganskaya - only 13. The fire of 1886 almost completely destroyed Rogozhskaya sloboda  [ ru ] subdistrict. Reconstruction of the area took place slowly, without any plan. The first residential building built in Moscow after

297-645: The Terrible as part of the first Russian standing army. The streltsy were under the administration of the Streletsky prikaz from 1571. The first streltsy units were created by Ivan the Terrible sometime between 1545 and 1550 and armed with arquebuses. During his reign, Russia was fighting wars almost continuously, including the Livonian War against Scandinavia and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in

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324-511: The boundaries of the Kremlin and Zaryadye at the turn of the 14th and 15th centuries. Around the same time, settlement began on the left bank of the Yauza River, primarily by artisans who were relocated from the city due to the fire hazards associated with their trades, such as potters and blacksmiths. In the 16th century, the rapidly growing blacksmiths' settlement pushed the potters' community to

351-575: The control of the Streletsky prikaz ( стрелецкий приказ ). In times of war, they came under their superiors. The municipal streltsy were also under the jurisdiction of the local voivodes (local governors or semi-independent rulers). The largest military administrative unit of the streltsy forces was the body responsible for the issuing of gear or kit ( прибор ). This body was later renamed prikaz ( Russian : приказ , romanized :  prikaz , lit.   'office, department'), and in 1681, regiments ( полк ). The commanders of

378-686: The eastern Bely Gorod , Khitrovka , Solyanka, Krutitsy , and Rogozhskaya sloboda  [ ru ] (the spiritual centre of Old Believers ). Major sights include the 18th-century Foundling Home and at least three walled monasteries — the Andronikov , the Pokrovsky , and the Novospassky . Streltsy The streltsy ( Russian : стрельцы , IPA: [strʲɪlʲˈt͡sɨ] , lit.   ' shooters/firearm troops ' ; sg. стрелец , strelets , IPA: [strʲɪˈlʲet͡s] ) were

405-575: The eastern part of what is now Goncharnaya Street, which emerged as a branch off the main Kolomenskaya Road. In the mid-17th century, the population density in Zayauzye became one of the highest in Moscow. At that time, Zayauzye was bordered to the east by the Earthen Rampart, with the only gate located at Taganskaya Square. A market formed there, known as Tagansky Market, where most of the stalls in

432-443: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tagansky&oldid=1255611358 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Tagansky District Tagansky District ( Russian : Тага́нский райо́н ) is a district of Central Administrative Okrug of

459-399: The north and wars against the khanates of the south. They first saw combat at the siege of Kazan in 1552. Tsar Ivan passed a decree on 1 October 1550 "on the stationing in Moscow and surrounding districts of one thousand service people," which is considered to be the formal founding of the streltsy regiments. Initially, streltsy were recruited from among the free tradespeople and from

486-559: The poorest ones, to participate in anti- serfdom uprisings in the 17th and early 18th centuries. These included the peasant wars in the Time of Troubles and after the last Rurikids were replaced by the Romanov tsars at the beginning of the 17th century and in 1670–1671 (such as by the cossacks of Stenka Razin ), urban uprisings such as the Moscow uprising of 1682 , the streltsy uprising of 1698, and

513-533: The rebellion. The corps was technically abolished in 1689. After having suffered a defeat at Narva in 1700, the government stopped their disbandment. The most efficient streltsy regiments took part in the most important military operations of the Great Northern War and in Peter’s Pruth River Campaign of 1711. Gradually, the streltsy were incorporated into the regular army. At the same time,

540-449: The revolution appeared on Taganka. On October 14, 1923, the Dynamo plant building, No. 9 Sorokosvyatskaya Street, renamed Dynamovskaya in 1924, was ceremoniously occupied. The most visible contribution of the pre-war decade to the architectural appearance of Taganka was the development of the embankments and the new Bolshoy Ustinsky and Bolshoy Krasnokholmsky Bridges . The modern center of

567-476: The rural population. Later, military service in this unit became lifelong and hereditary . While earlier in the 16th century they had been an elite force, their effectiveness was reduced by poor training and lack of choice in recruiting. Streltsy were subdivided into "select" ( Russian : выборные , romanized :  vybornyje ), later "Muscovite" ( Russian : московские ); and "municipal" ( городские , in different Russian cities). The streltsy came under

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594-754: The streltsy ( стрелецкие головы ) and colonels in charge of regiments served as senior officers of the prikazy . They had to be nobles and were appointed by the government. Regiments were subdivided into "Hundreds" ( сотни ) and "Decades" ( Russian : десятки , romanized :  desyatki , lit.   'tens'). They could be dragoons or cavalry ( Russian : стремянные , lit.   'with stirrups') or footsoldiers ( пешие ). The streltsy had uniforms that were similar in cut but in different colours according to regiment. These uniform coats were red, yellow, blue or green ( kaftans ) with orange or natural leather coloured boots. Training and weapons were also standardised. Their primary weapon

621-455: The streltsy in static formations, often against set formations or fortifications. They often fired from a platform and employed a mobile wooden "fortification" known in Russian as a " gulyay-gorod " (literally a "walking fort"). They reportedly fired in volley or caracole fashion, the first line firing and then stepping back to reload while the second line stepped forward to fire. At the end of

648-615: The streltsy's military and political influence. Eight Moscow regiments were removed from the city and transferred to Belgorod , Sevsk , and Kiev . In spite of these measures, the streltsy revolted yet again during the Grand Embassy of Peter the Great in Europe. Although the revolt was put down by the Scottish general Patrick Gordon who had entered Russian service under Alexis I in 1661 even before

675-469: The tsar's return to Russia, Peter cut short his embassy and returned to crush the streltsy with reprisals, including public executions and torture. Tortures included roasting the bare back, tearing flesh with iron hooks, and crushing feet in wooden presses called butuk s. Executions included being broken on the wheel and being buried alive. Many of the bodies were hung around Novodevichy Convent where Sophia Alekseyevna and Eudoxia were confined for aiding

702-423: The units of Russian firearm infantry from the 16th century to the early 18th century and also a social stratum, from which personnel for streltsy troops were traditionally recruited. They are also collectively known as streletskoye voysko (стрелецкое войско, firearm troops). These infantry troops reinforced feudal levy horsemen or pomestnoye voysko (поместное войско). The first units were established by Ivan

729-541: Was an arquebus or musket , and they carried pollaxes or bardiches , and sabres for defense. Some units used pikes . The longer weapons were also used to support the arquebus or musket while firing. The Russian government was chronically short of cash and so often did not pay the streltsy well. While "entitled" to an estimated four rubles a year in the 1550s, they were often allowed to farm or trade in order to supplement their incomes. This reduced their combat effectiveness and often their desire to go on campaigns, since

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