The following is an estimate of the opposing forces by major historians of the Armies of Borodino and the year in which those estimates are made.[1]
Historian | French | Russian | Year |
---|---|---|---|
Buturlin | 190,000 | 132,000 | 1824 |
Segur | 130,000 | 120,000 | 1824 |
Chambray | 133,819 | 130,000 | 1825 |
Fain | 120,000 | 133,500 | 1827 |
Clausewitz | 130,000 | 120,000 | 1830s |
Mikhailovsky-Danilivsky | 160,000 | 128,000 | 1839 |
Bogdanovich | 130,000 | 120,800 | 1859 |
Marbot | 140,000 | 160,000 | 1860 |
Burton | 130,000 | 120,800 | 1914 |
Garniich | 130,665 | 119,300 | 1956 |
Tarle | 130,000 | 127,800 | 1962 |
Grunward | 130,000 | 120,000 | 1963 |
Beskrovny | 135,000 | 126,000 | 1968 |
Chandler | 156,000 | 120,800 | 1966 |
Thiry | 120,000 | 133,000 | 1969 |
Holmes | 130,000 | 120,800 | 1971 |
Duffy | 133,000 | 125,000 | 1972 |
Tranie | 127,000 | 120,000 | 1981 |
Nicolson | 128,000 | 106,000 | 1985 |
Troitsky | 134,000 | 154,800 | 1988 |
Vasiliev | 130,000 | 155,200 | 1997 |
Smith | 133,000 | 120,800 | 1998 |
Zemtsov | 127,000 | 154,000 | 1999 |
Hourtoulle | 115,000 | 140,000 | 2000 |
Bezorosny | 135,000 | 150,000 | 2004 |
References[]
- ↑ Mikaberidze, p.50[full citation needed]
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