Not a peaceful farewell

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• PugJesus@piefed.social ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_the_Great

  Peter, warned by others from the Streltsy, escaped in the middle of the night to the impenetrable monastery of Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra; there he slowly gathered adherents who perceived he would win the power struggle. Sophia was eventually overthrown, with Peter I and Ivan V continuing to act as co-tsars.

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streltsy#Disbandment

  After the fall of Sophia Alekseyevna in 1689, the government of Peter I engaged in a process of gradual limitation of 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 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 butuks. 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 the rebellion.

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  • ivan@piefed.social ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    • Calling themselves “third Rome”.
    • Emperor’s guard can’t whack the emperor to save their own hides.
    • Bruh.

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    • PugJesus@piefed.social ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Don’t worry, just like First and Second Rome, they had numerous other bodyguard units to fulfill that Praetorian coup-purpose.

      “Who will guard the guards themselves?” A dozen other Guard units, of course!

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