Despite the enormous public and scientific interest in the era of Tsar Ivan the Terrible, many published works about this time, the military history of the Moscow state in the middle and second half of the 16th century is still fraught with many mysteries. The factual material collected by the author sheds light on the mysteries of this period, recreating the whole and a vivid picture of the military service of our ancestors. The presented publication consists of two volumes. The first volume contains a monograph by Doctor of History. V. A. Volkova, in the second volume there are appendices to it. The publishing layout is preserved in a4.pdf format.