Editing Alexis of Russia (section)

=== Military reform ===
In 1648, using the experience of creating regiments of the foreign system during the reign of his father, Alexis began reforming the army.

The main direction of the reform was the mass creation of [[New Order Regiments]]: [[Reiter|Reiters]], Soldiers, [[Dragoon|Dragoons]] and [[Hussar|Hussars]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Cambridge history of Russia|date=2006|publisher=Cambridge University Press|others=Perrie, Maureen, 1946-, Lieven, D. C. B., Suny, Ronald Grigor.|isbn=9780521812276|location=Cambridge|oclc=77011698}}</ref> These regiments formed the backbone of the new army of Tsar Alexis. To fulfill the reform goals, a large number of European military specialists were hired for service. This became possible because of the end of the [[Thirty Years' War]], which created a colossal surplus of military professionals in Europe.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Moskovskie vybornye polki soldatskogo stroi︠a︡ v nachalʹnyĭ period svoeĭ istorii, 1656-1671 gg.|last=Malov |first=A. V. (Aleksandr Vital'evich) (Александр|date=2006|publisher=Drevlekhranilishche|isbn=5936461068|location=Moskva|oclc=75971374}}</ref>