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1895 Russian Empire Factbook.

The Royal Code
19-06-2006, 05:45
I did some background research and there isnt too too much info on the period, but this info should be at least reasonably close to actual data.

Ruler: Tsar Nicholas II

Population: 68,574,000

Military:
Total: 1,460,220

Active Military (deistvuyushchiya voiska):
712,380

Reserves (rezervnyya voiska):
747,840

(for the sake of convinience, a battalion is 1,000 men, as is a cavalry regiment

Also note that in peace time each batallion (excepting Guards, is reduced by the following:
grenadier infantry regiments - 500 men less;
in regiments of the infantry - 400 men;
in cavalry regiments - 120 men;
in cuirassier regiments - 70 men;
and in dragoon regiments - 130 men.

One regiment is three battallions)

Infantry

Guards: 10 Battalions

Guards Reserve: 5 Battalions

Grenadiers: 28 Battalions

Infantry: 550 Battalions

('Infantry' includes Jaeger, fusileer and all that, at this point there is almost no difference between them.)

Infantry Reserve: 507 Battalions

Cavalry

Guards Cavalry: 6 Regiments

Cuirassiers: 12 Regiments

Lancers: 25 Regiments

Hussars: 30 Regiments

Dragoons: 45 Regiments

Reserve Cavalry Corps: 68 Regiments (various types)

Cossacks: 240 Regiments

Artillery

(approx. 20 men per gun)

Guard Foot Artillery: 20 Batteries (8 guns each) - 400 men

Guard Horse Artillery: 12 Batteries (8 guns each) -240 men

Grenadier Foot Artillery: 26 Batteries (8 guns) - 520 men

Grenadier Horse Artillery: 10 batteries (8 guns) - 200 men

Foot Field Artillery: 120 batteries (12 guns) - 2,400 men

Horse Field Artillery: 34 batteries (12 guns) - 680 men

Cossack Field Artillery: 55 batteries (8 guns) - 1,100 men

Reserve Artillery: 42 batteries (8-12 guns) - 840 men

Artillery consists of the following:

-In heavy foot batteries - six 12-pounder cannons and six 18-pounder unicorns [½ pud. edinorogi]
-In light foot batteries - eight 6-pounder cannons and four 9-pounder unicorns
-In heavy horse-artillery batteries - eight 18-pounder unicorns
-In light horse-artillery batteries - four 6-pounder cannons and four 9-pounder unicorns.

Navy

Baltic Sea Fleet:
22 Battleships
6 Frigates
17 Brigs and Corvettes
15 Steam Frigates
5 Steam Battleships

Black Sea Fleet:
21 Battleships
4 Frigates
4 Brigs and Corvettes
17 Steam Frigates
6 Steam Battleships

Arkhangelsk Flotilla:
4 Battleships
7 Frigates
2 Brigs and Corvettes

Caspian Flotilla:
3 Brigs and Corvettes
2 Steam Frigates

Kamchatka Flotilla:
6 Battleships
10 frigates
1 Steam Battleship
3 Steam Frigates

Kingdom of Romania ( is under military control by the Russian Empire, it is a satallite buffer state between Russia and the Ottoman Empire.)

All of these are under Russian rule at the time.