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Order of Battle of the Imperial Russian Armies

Battle of Borodino, September 7th, 1812


NOTES


COMMANDERS

Regiment leaders could be described three ways: chief, commander, and commanding officer. The first was usually a general, who was often assigned higher level command in wartime, and kept an eye on the commander during peacetime. The commander, usually a colonel ran the regiment, and the commanding officer might be either, or a lower rank who actually exercised command at the time. Similarly, higher level commands were either assigned by order, or filled by acting commanders. A formation was often known by the name of its assigned commander even if he was wounded or even dead. The chiefs and commanders are listed in italics.

CASUALTIES

Russians distinguished between contusions and wounds. I have indicated the former by using lower case.

NAMES

I have generally followed Mikaberidze where he lists the officer. Otherwise, when names appear to have European roots, I have used Latin spelling. Russian names are transliterated, but with the soft signs elided and the 'skiy' ending rendered as 'sky'.

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