▁were ▁ 2 0 ▁reg iments ▁of ▁Moscow ▁st rel ts y ▁total ing ▁ 2 0 , 0 4 8 ▁men ▁and ▁compr ising ▁about ▁ 1 2 ▁per ▁cent ▁of ▁the ▁total ▁army ▁( al ong ▁with ▁c oss acks , ▁milit ia ▁and ▁an ▁increasing ▁number ▁of ▁regular ▁soldiers ). ▁In ▁addition , ▁there ▁were ▁significant ▁numbers ▁of ▁front ier ▁and ▁g arrison ▁st rel ts y ▁serving ▁outside ▁Moscow , ▁although ▁these ▁were ▁less ▁formally ▁d ril led ▁and ▁equ ipped . ▁ ▁The ▁Mus cov ite ▁government ▁was ▁chron ically ▁short ▁of ▁c ash ▁so ▁that ▁the ▁st rel ts y ▁were ▁often ▁not ▁paid ▁well . ▁While ▁" ent itled " ▁to ▁something ▁like ▁four ▁rub les ▁a ▁year ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 5 5 0 s , ▁they ▁were ▁often ▁allowed ▁to ▁farm ▁or ▁trade ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁supp lement ▁their ▁in comes . ▁Text iles ▁for ▁cl othing ▁and ▁food st uff s ▁were ▁sometimes ▁issued ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁their ▁pay . ▁A ▁commander ▁of ▁one ▁hundred ▁mus k ete ers ▁( s ot nik ) ▁received ▁up ▁to ▁ 2 0 ▁rou bles ▁a ▁year ▁and ▁a ▁regiment al ▁head ▁( stre let ski ▁gol ova ) ▁between ▁ 3 0 ▁and ▁ 6 0 . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 7 th ▁century , ▁the ▁St rel ts y ▁of ▁Moscow ▁began ▁to ▁act ively ▁particip ate ▁in ▁a ▁struggle ▁for ▁power ▁between ▁different ▁government ▁groups , ▁supporting ▁diss idents ▁and ▁showing