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A militia is a military or paramilitary force that comprises civilian members, as opposed to a professional standing army of regular, full-time military personnel. Militias may be raised in times of n
Confederate militiamen at Arkadelphia, Arkansas, 1861
Armenian fedayi were Armenian irregular militia formed in the late 19th and early 20th century to defend Armenian villages.
Republikanischer Schutzbund was an Austrian militia formed in 1923, one of several militias formed in post-World War I Austria.
The 2nd Regiment of York Militia at the Battle of Queenston Heights
Militsiya
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The militsiya was the police force of the Russian SFSR and Soviet Union from 1917 to 1991. The term was likewise used for police forces in several Eastern Bloc countries and in the SFR Yugoslavia from
Militia
…to be called to arms. In Russia and some countries of the former Soviet Union, an official reserve army composed of citizen soldiers is known as the militsiya. Militia derives from Latin roots…
Soviet militsiya officer's cap cockade (service/parade version).
Romanian Miliția car in the typical livery it featured starting with the early 1970s. This particular example is a Dacia 1310 from 1982. This is one of the examples of Eastern European adaptations of this name.
Soviet and Russian badges, from left to right, top to bottom: Soviet Druzhinnik badge, Soviet Metro (Subway) Post Militia (PPS), Soviet State Automobile Inspection (GAI), State Automobile Inspection (GAI) of the Russian Federation, Russian Moscow Municipal Militia, Central District, and Russian Police.
A Lada 2106 belonging to the Armenian State Automobile Inspection parked on a street in Yerevan, June 2007.