They exploited the discontent of the Moscow regiments against their commanding officers, and on 11 May 1682 the mob of the Streltsy took over the Kremlin and lynched the leading boyars and military commanders, whom they suspected of corruption — Artamon Matveev, Mikhail Dolgorukov, and Grigory Romodanovsky.
De brugte utilfredsheden blandt de menige mod deres officerer, og den 11. maj 1682 overtog hoben kontrollen med Kreml og hængte de ledende boyarer og militære ledere, som de mistænkte for korruption – Artamon Matveev, Mikhail Dolgorukov og Grigory Romodanovsky.