Armenian volunteer units (Armenian: Հայ կամավորական ջոկատներ Hay kamavorakan jokatner), also known the Armenian volunteer corps were Armenian battalions in Imperial Russian Army during World War I. Majority of these units support the military activities at the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I. The origin of these units were varied. Some units were formed from the Armenians escaped from the Ottomans. The Ottoman Parliamentary representative Garegin Pastermadjian commanded one battalion. The General Andranik Ozanian was the commander of the Russian volunteer units between 1914 and 1916. Beginning with 1917, Armenian National Organization of the Caucasus, Armenian National Council, asked the Armenian soldiers and officers scattered throughout regions to gradually brought together to establish the armed forces of Democratic Republic of Armenia.
Armenian volunteers, during this period, were also established French Armenian Legion under the French army and Armenian militia which were irregular forces of the Armenian national movement famously under the Armenian Revolutionary Federation.
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