Voyi

Armies of Ukraine
Kyivan 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)
Carpatho-Ukraine Carpathian Sich (1938-39)
Ukrainian National Government UPRA (1941–1944) Ukrainian Insurgent Army (1941–1955)
Ukrainian SSR Red Cossacks Ukrainian Soviet Army (1918–19) none (1919–1991), part of the Soviet Armed Forces
Ukraine Armed Forces (1992–Present)

Armies of Russia

Kievan Rus'

Druzhina	862–1283
Voyi

Grand Duchy of Moscow
Tsardom of Russia

Landed army
Streltsy	c.1550–1721
New Order regiments

Russian Empire

Imperial Russian Army	1721–1917

White Movement

White Guard	1917–1921

Russian SFSR
Soviet Union

Red Army	1918–1946
Soviet Army	1946–1992

Russian Federation

Russian Ground Forces	1992–present

Voyi (singular voi or voy) was a category of armed forces in ancient Rus.

Unlike the standing force druzhina, voi force was drafted from a local population. Next to the druzhina, the voyi formed a basis of an army in Rus'. A Voivode (voi - "army", vode - "to lead", meaning "Warlord") was appointed by a prince (knyaz) in charge of them.

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