The Landed Army (Russian: Поместное войско, romanized: Pomestnoe voisko) was the feudal cavalry of the Grand Principality of Moscow and Tsardom of Russia in the 15th to 17th centuries. == Background == In the second half of the 14th century, the druzhina was replaced by feudally organized units headed by boyars or dependent princes, and these units consisted of landed gentry (so called "boyar's children" or "service people") and their armed servants ("military slaves").
The Landed Army (Russian: Поместное войско, romanized: Pomestnoe voisko) was the feudal cavalry of the Grand Principality of Moscow and Tsardom of Russia in the 15th to 17th centuries. == Background == In the second half of the 14th century, the druzhina was replaced by feudally organized units headed by boyars or dependent princes, and these units consisted of landed gentry (so called "boyar's children" or "service people") and their armed servants ("military slaves").
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