Ka cika wannan magana: A ƙarshen ƙarni na 16, akwai mutane 20,000 zuwa 25,000 da suke kiran kansu streltsy; a shekara ta 1681, akwai 55,000, har da 22,500 a birnin Moscow kaɗai. Haɗin gwiwar Streltsy a cikin sana'o'in hannu da kasuwanci ya haifar da rashin daidaituwa na mallaka a tsakanin su da kuma haɗuwa da 'yan kasuwa. Kodayake Streltsy sun nuna ingancin yaƙinsu a lokuta da yawa, kamar su kewaye Kazan a 1552, yaƙin da Livonia, mamayewar Poland da Sweden a farkon ƙarni na 17 da ayyukan soja a Poland da Crimea, a rabi na biyu na ƙarni na 17 Streltsy sun fara nuna koma bayan su idan aka kwatanta da sojoji na yau da kullun ko ƙungiyoyin reiter (duba Rundunar Sojan Rasha). Matsalolin aikin soja, jinkirin jinkirin albashi, cin zarafin da hukumomin gida da kwamandoji ke yi ya haifar da halartar Streltsy na yau da kullun (musamman mafi talauci) a cikin tayar da hankali a cikin ƙarni na 17 da farkon ƙarni na 18, kamar yaƙe-yaƙe na manoma a farkon ƙarni na 17 da kuma a cikin 1670<unk>1671 (shugaba <unk> Stepan Razin), tashe-tashen birni (tashe-tashen Moscow na 1682, da
Tashin hankalin Streltsy na 1698, Tashin hankalin Bulavin na 1705 <unk> 1706 a Astrakhan).