Druzhina
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thumb|right|Grand Prince of Kiev|Grand Prince [[Vladimir Monomakh of the Rurikid dynasty resting with his druzhina after a hunt, by Viktor Vasnetsov.]]
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- Instance of
- military unit
- Subclass of
- team
- Image
- Prince Vladimir s Druzhinou.jpg
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- Druzhina
- commanded by
- knyaz
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thumb|right|Grand Prince of Kiev|Grand Prince [[Vladimir Monomakh of the Rurikid dynasty resting with his druzhina after a hunt, by Viktor Vasnetsov.]]
A druzhina is the Slavic word for a retinue in service of a chieftain, also called a knyaz (prince).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Druzhina” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.