Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Peter the Great ya fara kafa manyan rukunoni biyu na masu tsaron gidan sarauta, Preobrazhensky da Semyonovsky regiments. Peter ya kafa waɗannan rundunonin biyu a matsayin wani ɓangare na ƙwarewar sojojin Rasha bayan mummunan nasarar da Sweden ta yi a yakin Narva, a lokacin farkon yakin Arewacin Arewa. Ya kuma rinjayi rashin amincewarsa da Streltsy, wanda ya tashi a kansa sau da yawa, duka a lokacin yaro (wanda ya cutar da shi) da kuma
a lokacin mulkinsa.