- For the similarly-named Polish units, see
Streltsy (,
streltsý, literally "shooters";
sg. стреле́ц,
streléts, "shooter", from
strelyat' , "to shoot") were the
units of
Russian guardsmen from the 16th to the early 18th centuries, armed with
firearms. They are also collectively known as
Marksman Troops (Стрелецкое Войско). These standing forces reinforced the mounted nobility militia (Поместное Войско, Pomestnoe vojsko or Landed Army) mobilized during wartime.