Voyi

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The voyi (singular voi or voy) formed a category of armed forces in Kievan Rus'.^[1]

Unlike the standing force (the druzhina ), the voi force was drafted from a local population.^[2] 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.^[3]

References

↑ Vilkul, Tatiana Leonidovna (2003). "ВОЇ". Енциклопедія історії України[Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 14 June 2025.
↑ Nicolle, David (207). Fighting for the Faith: The Many Fronts of Medieval Crusade and Jihad, 1000-1500 AD. Pen & Sword Military. p. 49. ISBN 9781844156146 . Retrieved 14 June 2025.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
↑ Lukin, Pavel Vladimirovich. "ДРЕВНЕРУССКИЕ «ВОИ» В НАЧАЛЬНОМ ЛЕТОПИСАНИИ" [OLD RUSSIAN "VOI" IN THE PRIMARY CHRONICLE]. historia.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 6 May 2003. Retrieved 14 June 2025.

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Principality of Moscow	Rynda 1380–1698 Landed Army c. 1700
Tsardom of Russia	Army of the Tsardom of Russia Streltsy c. 1550–1721 New Order Regiments 1648–98 Army of Peter the Great Toy army of Peter the Great
Russian Empire	Imperial Russian Army 1721–1917
Russian Republic	Russian Army (1917)
Russian Civil War	White Army 1918–23 Red Army 1918–22
Soviet Union	Red Army 1922–46 Soviet Army 1946–92
Russian Federation	CIS Armed Forces 1991–93 Ground Forces 1992–present^[update]

v t e Armies of Ukraine
Kievan Rus	Military of Kievan Rus' (c. 9th century–1240) Druzhyna and Voyi (c. 9th century–1283) Rus' principalities armies (c. 1240–1550)
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Registered Cossacks Zaporozhian Cossacks (1492–1648)
Zaporizhian Host	Zaporozhian Cossacks (1648–1775)
Austria-Hungary	Legion of Sich Riflemen (1914–18)
Ukrainian People's Republic	Ukrainian People's Army (1917–21) Sich Riflemen (1917–21) Free Cossacks (1917-1918)
West Ukrainian People's Republic	Ukrainian Galician Army (1918–19)
Makhnovshchina	Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine (1918–21)
Carpatho-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 (1941–44) Ukrainian Insurgent Army (1941–55)
Ukrainian SSR / Soviet Union	Red Cossacks Ukrainian Soviet Army (1918–19) none (1919–91), part of the Soviet Armed Forces
Ukraine	Armed Forces of Ukraine (1992–present)

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