Estimates of opposing forces in the Battle of Borodino

Following are major historians' or writers' estimates of the sizes of the opposing armies in the battle of Borodino, with the years in which those estimates were made.[1][failed verification]

SourceFrenchRussianYear
Buturlin190,000132,0001824
Ségur130,000120,0001824
Chambray [fr]133,819130,0001825
Fain120,000133,5001827
Clausewitz130,000120,0001830s
Mikhailovsky-Danilevsky160,000128,0001839
Bogdanovich130,000120,8001859
Marbot140,000160,0001860
Burton130,000120,8001914
Garnich [ru]130,665119,3001956
Tarle130,000127,8001962
Grünwald130,000120,0001963
Beskrovny [ru]135,000126,0001968
Chandler156,000120,8001966
Thiry [fr]120,000133,0001969
Holmes130,000120,8001971
Duffy133,000125,0001972
Tranié [fr]127,000120,0001981
Nicolson128,000106,0001985
Troitsky [ru]134,000154,8001988
Vasilyev130,000155,2001997
Smith133,000120,8001998
Zemtsov [ru]127,000154,0001999
Hourtoulle115,000140,0002000
Bezotosny [ru]135,000150,0002004

References

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  1. ^ Mikaberidze, p.50