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.Mikaberidze, p.50

Source French Russian Year Buturlin 190,000 132,000 1824 Ségur 130,000 120,000 1824 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 130,665 119,300 1956 Tarle 130,000 127,800 1962 Grunwald 130,000 120,000 1963 135,000 126,000 1968 Chandler 156,000 120,800 1966 120,000 133,000 1969 Holmes 130,000 120,800 1971 Duffy 133,000 125,000 1972 127,000 120,000 1981 Nicolson 128,000 106,000 1985 134,000 154,800 1988 Vasilyev 130,000 155,200 1997 Smith 133,000 120,800 1998 127,000 154,000 1999 115,000 140,000 2000 135,000 150,000 2004

References

Mikaberidze, Alexander. The Battle of Borodino: Napoleon Against Kutuzov. London: Pen & Sword, 2007.