▁lo ver ▁Vas ili ▁Gol its yn , ▁who ▁had ▁been ▁in ▁ex ile . ▁Peter ▁I ▁ordered ▁four ▁reg iments ▁( 4 , 0 0 0 ▁men ) ▁and ▁a ▁caval ry ▁unit ▁under ▁the ▁command ▁of ▁Ale k sey ▁She in ▁and ▁Patrick ▁Gordon ▁to ▁attack ▁the ▁St rel ts y . ▁On ▁ 1 8 ▁June , ▁the ▁St rel ts y ▁were ▁defeated ▁not ▁far ▁from ▁the ▁New ▁Jerusalem ▁Mon aster y ▁( V os k res ens ky ▁Mon aster y ) ▁ 4 0   km ▁west ▁of ▁Moscow . ▁ ▁After math ▁Peter ▁av a iled ▁himself ▁of ▁sav age ▁tort ures ▁while ▁investig ating ▁the ▁incident . ▁Many ▁suspect s ▁were ▁wh ipped ▁to ▁death ▁with ▁the ▁kn out , ▁an ▁extremely ▁st out ▁le ather ▁wh ip ▁composed ▁of ▁numerous ▁tw isted ▁str ands . ▁Many ▁were ▁stretch ed ▁until ▁their ▁lim bs ▁broke ; ▁s oph istic ated ▁iron ▁thumb s cre ws ▁were ▁applied ▁to ▁the ▁fingers ▁and ▁to es ▁of ▁some ▁prisoners ; ▁while ▁others ▁had ▁their ▁back s ▁slowly ▁ro asted ▁or ▁had ▁their ▁fl anks ▁and ▁bare ▁feet ▁slowly ▁torn ▁apart ▁with ▁red - hot ▁iron ▁p inc ers . ▁Peter ▁thus ▁induced ▁suspect ▁after ▁suspect ▁to ▁name ▁accomp lices ▁in ▁a ▁virt ually ▁un ending ▁caval cade ▁of ▁forced , ▁and ▁likely ▁often ▁fake , ▁conf essions . ▁ ▁As ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁a ▁major ▁investigation , ▁ 5 7 ▁St rel ts y ▁were ▁executed ▁and ▁the