Voyi
The voyi (singular voi or voy) formed a category of armed forces in Kievan Rus'.
Unlike the standing force (the druzhina), the voi force was drafted from a local population. Alongside the druzhina, the voyi formed a basis of an army in Rus'. A prince (knyaz) would appoint a voivode (from voi - "army", and vode - "to lead", meaning "warlord") to command them.
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Armies of Russia
- Rynda 1380–1698
- Landed Army c. 1700
- Army of the Tsardom of Russia
- Streltsy c. 1550–1721
- New Order Regiments 1648–98
- Imperial Russian Army 1721–1917
- Russian Army (1917)
- White Army 1918–23
- Red Army 1918–22
- Red Army 1922–46
- Soviet Army 1946–92
- CIS Armed Forces 1991–93
- Ground Forces 1992–present[update]
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