▁host ility ▁towards ▁any ▁foreign ▁innov ations . ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁fall ▁of ▁Soph ia ▁Ale k se ye v na ▁in ▁ 1 6 8 9 , ▁the ▁government ▁of ▁Peter ▁the ▁Great ▁engaged ▁in ▁a ▁process ▁of ▁grad ual ▁limitation ▁of ▁the ▁st rel ts y ' s ▁military ▁and ▁political ▁influence . ▁In ▁order ▁to ▁counter ▁their ▁power , ▁Peter ▁began ▁to ▁raise ▁a ▁new ▁regular ▁army , ▁still ▁armed ▁with ▁mus k ets ▁but ▁discipl ined , ▁uniform ed ▁and ▁organ ised ▁along ▁West ▁European ▁lines . ▁In ▁spite ▁of ▁these ▁measures , ▁the ▁st rel ts y ▁revol ted ▁yet ▁again ▁while ▁Peter ▁was ▁on ▁his ▁Great ▁Emb ass y ▁in ▁Europe . ▁The ▁four ▁reg iments ▁involved ▁were ▁dis band ed ▁and ▁ 1 , 2 0 0 ▁of ▁the ▁mut ine ers ▁were ▁executed . ▁The ▁remainder ▁were ▁ex iled , ▁had ▁their ▁property ▁conf isc ated ▁and ▁were ▁b anned ▁from ▁future ▁military ▁employ ment . ▁The ▁entire ▁corps ▁was ▁techn ically ▁abol ished ▁in ▁ 1 6 8 9 ; ▁however , ▁after ▁having ▁suffered ▁a ▁defeat ▁at ▁Nar va ▁in ▁ 1 7 0 0 , ▁the ▁government ▁retained ▁some ▁st rel ts y ▁units ▁in ▁service . ▁ ▁Grad ually , ▁the ▁st rel ts y ▁were ▁incorpor ated ▁into ▁the ▁regular ▁army . ▁At ▁the ▁same ▁time , ▁the ▁Ts ar ist ▁government ▁started ▁to ▁dis band ▁the ▁Municipal ▁St rel ts y . ▁Li qu id ation ▁of ▁the ▁last