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Strelets (resized)

Streltsy made up the bulk of the Russian army from 15th to the first half of 18th century. These fearsome warriors ripped apart the enemy infantry with accurate pischal (musket) fire and intimidated and sliced the survivors with terrible bardiche axes on which they also rested their guns while shooting.

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Uploaded on November 22, 2015