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strelitzes
The name given to the life-guards of the czar, which at one time numbered 40,000; became so unruly and dangerous to the State that they were dissolved by Peter the Great, and dispersed in 1705.
- Kalbos dalis: noun
- Pramonės šaka / sritis: Language
- Category: Encyclopedias
- Organization: Project Gutenberg
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