The book tells about the history of the Moscow Streltsy army - the forerunner of the regular Russian infantry. His heroic and at the same time tragic fate to this day remains a little-known chapter in the annals of the "capital city" of Moscow. The reader has the opportunity to expand his knowledge of the military path and the organization of military service of Moscow archers, their participation in the political life of the country, to learn new facts from the past of individual Moscow regiments, the memory of which continues to be present in the walls of Moscow churches, the ancient names of the capital's squares, streets and lanes.