Battle of Borodino
Historiography
It is not unusual for a pivotal battle of this era to be difficult to document. Similar difficulties exist with the Battle of Waterloo or battles of the War of 1812 in North America, while the Battle of Borodino offers its own particular challenges to accuracy.

Battle of Borodino

Section Title: Historiography
Table Section Text: It is not unusual for a pivotal battle of this era to be difficult to document. Similar difficulties exist with the Battle of Waterloo or battles of the War of 1812 in North America, while the Battle of Borodino offers its own particular challenges to accuracy.

Estimates of the sizes of opposing forces

made at different times by different historians

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

Bezotosny	135,000	150,000	2004

Sentence(s)

Russians fielded 155,200 troops.

final_sentence: Russians fielded 155,200 troops.