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Armenian volunteer units information


Armenian volunteer units
Armenian volunteers
Active1914–1917
CountryRussian Empire
AllegianceArmenians
RoleDetachment
Size150,000 troops
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Andranik Ozanian

Drastamat Kanayan

Arshak Gavafian

Hamazasp Srvandztyan

Sargis Mehrabyan

The Armenian volunteer units (Armenian: Հայ կամավորական ջոկատներ Hay kamavorakan jokatner) were units composed of Armenians within the Imperial Russian Army during World War I. Composed of several groups at battalion strength, its ranks were primarily made up of Armenians from the Russian Empire, though there were also a number of Armenians from the Ottoman Empire.[citation needed] The Russian-Armenian volunteer units took part in military activities in the Middle Eastern theater of World War I.

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