"Russians in 1805 Campaign" Topic

Does anybody have the OOB for the Russians during the 1805 Campaign. I need the Russian OOB way before the battle of Austerlitz. The Russian OOB after Ulm is fine. I'm thinking of the months of September through November.

1805 – Tsar Alexander's First War with Napoleon
The Russian Official History
Alexander Ivanovich Mikhailovsky-Danilevsky
Translated by Peter G.A. Phillips
has the following:

Kutuzov's Army – Order of Battle
1st Column – Major-General Prince Bagration's 7,733 men
Pavlograd Hussar Regiment
Kiev Grenadier Regiment
Azov Musketeer Regiment
6th Jäger Regiment
2 Artillery Companies
Cossack Regiment

2nd Column – Lieutenant-General Essen 2nd's 8,116 men
Chernigov Dragoon Regiment
Malorussia Grenadier Regiment
Apsheron Musketeer Regiment
Smolensk Musketeer Regiment
½ Company of Horse Artillery
2 Companies of Foot Artillery
1 Pioneer Company
1 Cossack Regiment

3rd Column – Lieutenant-General Dokhturov's 6,948 men
Mariupol Hussar Regiment
Butyrsk Musketeer Regiment
Moscow Musketeer Regiment
8th Jäger Regiment (1 battalion)
2 Artillery Companies
½ Company of Pontoniers

4th Column – Lieutenant-General Shepelev's 6,881 men
Novgorod Musketeer Regiment
Narva Musketeer Regiment
Podolsk Musketeer Regiment
2 Artillery Companies

5th Column – Lieutenant-General Baron Maltitz's 8,572 men
Her Majesty's Lifeguard Cuirassier Regiment
Vyatka Musketeer Regiment
Bryansk Musketeer Regiment
Yaroslavl Musketeer Regiment
8th Jäger Regiment (2 battalions)
1 Horse Artillery Company
2 Foot Artillery Companies
1 Pioneer Company
1 Cossack Regiment

6th Column – Lieutenant-General Baron Rosen's 8,455 men
St Petersburg Dragoon Regiment
Tver Dragoon Regiment
Novoingermanland Musketeer Regiment,
Vladimir Musketeer Regiment
Galits Musketeer Regiment
1 Horse Artillery Company
2 Foot Artillery Companies
½ Company of Pontoniers
1 Cossack Regiment
Total combatants of all ranks; 46,405

Will post regimental strengths later when I get access to my copy of bowden.

Strengths from Scott Bowden's "The Glory Years – Napoleon at Austerlitz" – figures of men given are for the following dates
25 August/23 October/10 November/25 November which Bowden says were compiled from S.H.A.T. C 13 & regimental histories in Russian Archives

Kutuzov's Army – Order of Battle
1st Column – Major-General Prince Bagration
Pavlograd Hussar Regiment (10 squadrons) 1486/1198/1058/722
Kiev Grenadier Regiment (3 battalions) 2096/1667/1577716
Azov Musketeer Regiment (3bns) 2247/1433/1290/591
6th Jäger Regiment (3 bns) 1495/1137/911/364

2nd Column – Lieutenant-General Essen II
Chernigov Dragoon Regiment (5 sqns) 785/572/458/366
Little Russia Grenadier Regiment (3 bns) 2095/1739/1591/1011
Apsheron Musketeer Regiment (3 bns) 2049/1434/1309/410
Smolensk Musketeer Regiment (3 bns) 2091/1247/1098/685

3rd Column – Lieutenant-General Dokhturov
Mariupol Hussar Regiment (10 sqns) 1738/1376/1117/712
Butyrsk Musketeer Regiment (3 bns) 2152/1305/1220/864
Moscow Musketeer Regiment (3 bns) 1993/1397/1276/882
8th Jäger Regiment (1 bn) 484/397/319/79

4th Column – Lieutenant-General Shepelev
Novgorod Musketeer Regiment (3 bns) 1947/1208/962/769
Narva Musketeer Regiment (3 bns) 2159/1163/963/731
Podolia Musketeer Regiment (3bns) 1989/1258/1102/509

5th Column – Lieutenant-General Baron Maltitz
Leib Cuirassier Regiment (5 sqns) 886/739/667/566
Vyatka Musketeer Regiment (3 bns) 2090/1359/1187/379
Bryansk Musketeer Regiment (3 bns) 2046/1287/1130/829
Yaroslavl Musketeer Regiment (3 bns) 1977/1178/999/754
8th Jäger Regiment (2 bns) 1264/788/570/333

6th Column – Lieutenant-General Baron Rosen (note this column was initially diverted towards the Turkish border then countermarched to rejoin the army)
St Petersburg Dragoon Regiment (5 sqns) 845/-/-/800
Tver Dragoon Regiment (5 sqns) 710/-/-/632
New Ingermanland Musketeer Regiment (3 bns) 2013/-/-/1903
Vladimir Musketeer Regiment (3 bns) 1977/-/-/1901
Galicia Musketeer Regiment (3 bns) 1820/-/-/1564

Artillery (14 companies with 168 pieces) 3971/3210/3176/2900
Battalion artillery pieces were drawn from the above companies
Army strengths 46405/27092/23980/21972 (note these totals exclude staff, equipage & cossacks)

Problem with these boards is we need a sticky as this excellent oob kindly researched and posted will be lost in a few months and the same questions will come around.

Some further information thanks to Robert Goetz in "1805 Austerlitz" page 39:

"In all, 212 battalions (including 2 of marines) and 207 squadrons out of a total of 343 battalions and 297 squadrons were committed to the war against France."

Table 2 – initial Disposition of Russian forces, 1805
(figures given are battalions / squadrons / sotnias

Army of Podolia – Kutusov 54 / 40 / 30
Army of Volhynia – Buxhowden 39 / 55 / 20 (note the Izyum Hussars, originally assigned to Buxhowden's Army of Volhynia, joined Tolstoi's descent forces in September and are included in the totals for Tolstoi's forces)
Army of Lithuania – Essen I 30 / 42 / 80 (includes 7 battalions and 17 squadrons of the Guard)
Army of the North – Bennigsen 39 / 50 / 35
Descent Forces – Tolstoi 23 / 15 / 8 (includes 2 battalions of Marines)
Ioinians – Anrep 27 / 5 /10 (of the forces designated, 5 battalions, 5 squadrons & 10 sotnias remained in Russia due to a lack of transports)
Reserve Army – Rimsky-Korsakov 12 / 5 / 15
Army of Moldavia – Tormasov 25 / 40 / 55
Finland & St. Petersburg 13 / 0 / 0 (includes 4 Guard battalions)
Kherson & Crimea 30 / 5 / unknown
Caucasus 27 / 25 / unknown
Orenburg & Siberia 24 / 15 / unknown
Total 343 / 297 / ???

Also see Robert Goetz's "The Development of the Russian Inspectorate, 1762-1806: Appendix 2: Assignment of Regiments to Inspections, 1805" showing the distribution of many of the Russian regiments to the various commands above at link

My thanks to all. Especially "Prince of Essling".