Armenian volunteer units

Armenian volunteer units
Armenian volunteers
Active	1914–1917
Country	Russian Empire
Allegiance	Armenians
Role	Detachment
Size	150,000 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.