Sotnia

Sotnia (Ukrainian and Russian: сотня, lit. 'a hundred', Croatian: satnija) was a military unit and administrative division in some Slavic countries.

Sotnia, deriving back to 1948, has been used in a variety of contexts in both Ukraine and Russia to this day. It is a helpful word to create short names for groups including the Nebesna Sotnia and Terek Wolf Sotnia, stating that these groups do include 100-150 persons.

The military unit analog and most meaningful translation for the English-speaking world would be a company.

Its significance can be notice its nationalist impact within the 16th-18th century Cossacks Ukrainian People’s Republic, Ukrainian National Army, and during Euromaidan.

Sotnia can also be referred to as half-sotnia which is a more diminutive unit of people. This typically consists of around 50 people.

In Russian history, sotnya was also a unit of some other (civil) organizations, see Сотня.

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