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призвали в армию

were drafted into the army

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were drafted into the army A past-tense phrase meaning that someone was officially called up for military service. The form призвали agrees with a plural or unspecified subject; with a singular masculine subject, use призвали because the person is treated as an object in this construction.
RU: Моего брата призвали в армию в прошлом году.
EN: My brother was drafted into the army last year.

Меня призвали в армию.

I was drafted into the army.

Ломаница призвали в армию.

Lomanitsa was drafted into the army.

— Оппенгеймер (2023)

Но вот началась война, и мальчика призвали в армию.

But then the war began, and the boy was drafted into the army.

— Жертвоприношение (1986)

Его призвали в армию.

He was drafted into the army.