Board Thread:Timeline Discussions/@comment-4656717-20130106102552/@comment-2303-20130107195656

About "not good allies" - really, until Crimean War, Nicolay I thinked Emperor Franz-Joseph his most true ally, and even a satellite. Remember "Holy Alliance". And news about Austrian occupation of Wallachia and Moldavia really shoked him.

About Russians in 1866 - don't forget, than Russian army manned by recruting, not conscription. So, around 500 th. of soldiers from 1 and 2 Western armies was permanently located in the Austrian and Prussian border