Muscovite army
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The Muscovite army was the military force of the Grand Duchy (and later Tsardom) of Moscow, which formed the core of the early Russian state before its transformation into the Imperial Russian Army.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Muscovite army canonical | 3 |
| Russian army | 2 |
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | historical army ⓘ |
| activeFrom | 15th century ⓘ |
| activeUntil | early 18th century ⓘ |
| capitalGarrison | Moscow ⓘ |
| commandLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| component |
Cossacks
ⓘ
surface form:
Cossack auxiliaries
artillery units ⓘ feudal levy ⓘ foreign formation regiments ⓘ service nobility cavalry ⓘ streltsy ⓘ |
| conflict |
Great Northern War
ⓘ
Livonian War ⓘ Polish–Muscovite War ⓘ
surface form:
Polish–Muscovite War (1605–1618)
Russo-Polish War (1654–1667) ⓘ Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790) ⓘ
surface form:
Russo-Swedish Wars
Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars ⓘ
surface form:
Russo–Lithuanian Wars
Time of Troubles ⓘ |
| country |
Grand Duchy of Moscow
ⓘ
Tsardom of Russia ⓘ |
| followedBy | Imperial Russian Army ⓘ |
| garrisonType | fortress garrisons ⓘ |
| historicalRegionOfOperation |
Eastern Europe
ⓘ
Siberia ⓘ Volga region ⓘ |
| militarySystem |
early modern standing army elements
ⓘ
feudal military system ⓘ |
| modernizationInfluence |
Polish Crown Army
ⓘ
surface form:
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth military
Swedish Army ⓘ
surface form:
Swedish army
Western European military practices ⓘ |
| notableRulerAssociated |
Ivan III of Russia
ⓘ
surface form:
Ivan III of Moscow
Ivan IV the Terrible ⓘ
surface form:
Ivan IV of Russia
Peter the Great ⓘ |
| notableUnitType |
dragoon regiments
ⓘ
reiter cavalry ⓘ streltsy musketeers ⓘ |
| partOf | Muscovy ⓘ |
| precededBy | Kievan Rus military forces ⓘ |
| primaryWeaponry |
cannon
ⓘ
lances ⓘ matchlock muskets ⓘ pikes ⓘ sabres ⓘ |
| recruitmentSystem |
conscription of peasants in later period
ⓘ
service class obligation ⓘ |
| role |
defense of Muscovite state
ⓘ
territorial expansion of Muscovy ⓘ |
| significantReformPeriod |
16th century
ⓘ
17th century ⓘ |
| socialBase |
service nobility
ⓘ
state peasants ⓘ townspeople ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Grand Prince of Moscow
ⓘ
Tsar of Russia ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Russian army
this entity surface form:
Russian army