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]

Source French Russian Year
Buturlin 190,000 132,000 1824
Ségur 130,000 120,000 1824
Chambray [fr] 133,819 130,000 1825
Fain 120,000 133,500 1827
Clausewitz 130,000 120,000 1830s
Mikhailovsky-Danilevsky 160,000 128,000 1839
Bogdanovich 130,000 120,800 1859
Marbot 140,000 160,000 1860
Burton 130,000 120,800 1914
Garnich [ru] 130,665 119,300 1956
Tarle 130,000 127,800 1962
Grünwald 130,000 120,000 1963
Beskrovny [ru] 135,000 126,000 1968
Chandler 156,000 120,800 1966
Thiry [fr] 120,000 133,000 1969
Holmes 130,000 120,800 1971
Duffy 133,000 125,000 1972
Tranié [fr] 127,000 120,000 1981
Nicolson 128,000 106,000 1985
Troitsky [ru] 134,000 154,800 1988
Vasilyev 130,000 155,200 1997
Smith 133,000 120,800 1998
Zemtsov [ru] 127,000 154,000 1999
Hourtoulle 115,000 140,000 2000
Bezotosny [ru] 135,000 150,000 2004

References

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  1. ^ Mikaberidze, p.50