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rifle, which was bought by the
Ministry of Defense and the Moscow Slavic Committee. In terms of numbers and structure, the militia was comparable to a reinforced wartime infantry division. It consisted of 3 militia brigades, each consisting of 2 militia "druzhina" (the equivalent of a battalion) of 5
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was appointed Chief of the
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is named after the
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companies each. Later on, 6 more independent detachments formed later are included.
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The militias were trained by
Russian officers. They were armed with the
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258:(опълченец-поборник) roughly meaning "folk-" or "regiment-combatant" .
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11th
Militia druzhina, commanded by Lieutenant-colonel Gasparevski,
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Militia druzhina, commanded by Lieutenant-colonel Tizenkhausen,
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8th
Militia druzhina, commanded by Staff-captain Merchanski,
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Austro-Hungarian campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1878
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9th Militia druzhina, commanded by Lieutenant-colonel Lvov,
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Friendly doctors were appointed, including the Bulgarians
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and after the end of the war went on to form Bulgaria's
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12th Militia druzhina, commanded by Major Kornilovech.
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317:Lieutenant-Colonel
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279:Holy Mother
275:Samara flag
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811:agreements
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461:, namely "
453:Ivan Vazov
164:Montenegro
637:Bulgarian
395:Chassepot
301:Structure
263:manifesto
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244:опълченци
240:Bulgarian
171:Opponents
65:1877–1878
27:опълченци
23:Bulgarian
19:Volunteer
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324:Captain
95:Ideology
88:Bulgaria
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52:Leaders
287:Second
271:Samara
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