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๐ #OTD in 1550, Tsar Ivan IV Vasilyevich laid the foundations for the first Russian regular army, dubbed #streltsy (literally shooters). โ๏ธ In honour of this historical event, on October 1, #Russia celebrates a professional military holiday - the Day of Ground Forces. https://t.co/s1P2T6isrD — PolitiTweet.org