institution
Streltsy
also: Strelitzen
The corps of Russian musketeer guardsmen, standing household troops of the tsars from the sixteenth century; in the tale their veteran faith in the Pretender briefly halts his killers.
Reading notes
- The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge §364 Streltsy
The corps of Russian musketeer guardsmen, household troops of the tsars; here the old soldiers' belief in the Pretender briefly stays his killers.