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Military History of Ukraine
Kievan Rus'
Druzhyna (862–1240)
Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia
Voyi
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Registered Cossacks Zaporozhian Cossacks (1492–1648)
Zaporizhian Host
Zaporozhian Cossacks (1648–1775)
Austria-Hungary
Legion of Sich Riflemen (1914–1918)
Ukrainian People's Republic
Ukrainian People's Army (1917–21) Sich Riflemen (1917–21) Ukrainian Galician Army (1918–19)
Free Territory
Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army (1918–1921)
Carpathian Ukraine
Carpathian Sich (1938-39)
Ukrainian People's Republic in exile
Sich Regiment of Horlis-Horskyi (1939-40) Polissia Sich (1941-42)
Ukrainian National Government
UPRA (1941–1944) Ukrainian Insurgent Army (1941–1955)
Ukrainian SSR / Soviet Union
Red Cossacks Ukrainian Soviet Army (1918–19) none (1919–1991), part of the Soviet Armed Forces
Ukraine
Armed Forces (1992–Present)
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Druzhina	862–1283
Voyi

Landed Army	1482–c. 1700

Streltsy	c. 1550–1721
New Order Regiments	1648–98

Imperial 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	1991–92
Ground Forces	1992–present

The voyi (singular voi or voy) formed a category of armed forces in ancient 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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