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Most, but not all of the expensive "foreign formation regiments" had been disbanded.<unk> Most, but not all of the expensive "foreign formation regiments" had been disbanded. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ A number of officers were hired abroad, especially in the Netherlands; a "war manual" on the exercise of musket and pike was translated into Russian, to help in training Muscovite infantry; a new census was conducted to levy troops by household (one from every 20-100 homes); and Tsar Alexis placed thousands of "state serfs" along the border in standing service as <unk>settled<unk> dragoons and infantry, drilled in their villages year-round under foreign officers.