Russian casualties at the Battle of Borodino.

>Under the cover of darkness, [Kutuzov](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/Kutuzov1.jpg) withdrew that night, having lost an immense number of casualties – probably around 43,000, though so dogged was the Russian resistance that only 1,000 men and 20 guns were captured [**by the French and their allies**]. >[…] >The combined losses are the equivalent of a fully laden jumbo jet crashing into an area of 6 square miles every five minutes for the whole ten hours of the battle, killing or wounding everyone on board. _______________________________ **Source:** Roberts, Andrew. "Trapped." *Napoleon: A Life*. New York: Penguin, 2014. 607. Print. **Original Source Listed:** Smith, *Data Book*, pp. 389-90. _______________________________ **Further Reading:** [князь Михаи́л Илларио́нович Голени́щев-Куту́зов (Prince Mikhail Illarionovich Golenishchev-Kutuzov](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Kutuzov) [Бородинское сражение / Bataille de la Moskova (Battle of Borodino)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Borodino) [French Invasion of Russia / Отечественная война 1812 года (Patriotic War of 1812) / Campagne de Russie (Russian Campaign)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_invasion_of_Russia)