Russian Statistics:

When Russia draws, who else draws?
France:57%
England: 54%
Italy: 52%
Turkey: 49%
Germany: 45%
Austria: 27%

When Russia is eliminated, who solos?
Turkey: 33%
Austria: 19%
England: 18%
Germany:15%
France: 11%
Italy: 4%

When Russia solos, who's eliminated?
Austria: 70%
Germany:52%
Turkey: 44%
Italy: 35%
England: 34%
France: 19%

Best Ally: France
Greatest Adversary: Austria
Average Year of Victory: 1908

When i originally started russian statistics, i suspected that i would diffuse some of the juggernaut fear that tends to occur when people are facing a new game and not playing russia or turkey (especially when playing italy, austria and germany!). what i found was that it only confirmed it. although turkey wasnt at the top of the list when looking at draw partners for russia, it was by no means at the bottom. what i did find that affirmed the deadly potential for the juggernaut, however, was what wasnt shown in the statistics above. 2-way draws are extremely rare but out of the 100 draws used for the stats above, 4 of them were formed via juggernaut! additionally, several of the russian wins contained a second-place turkey (juggernaut + stab). neighboring countries do indeed have something to fear from a R/T alliance after all. i expected to see turkey a little higher on the elimination bar when russia solos but clearly the two of them are typically better intertwined.

another powerful note (this one seen in the stats above) is the speed of the russian win. russia wins solo games an average of 2 full years faster than almost any other country (except turkey). russia clocked in at a 1908.06 year average while turkey followed with 1909.88 and germany at 1910.02. the extra russian unit clearly displays an advantage coupled with russias position stradling the largest stalemate line in the game.

austria and germany suffer the most from the russian beast and so early advice for the two of them is to prevent an early russian explosion. austria is by far the weakest defensible country in the east which explains german shortcommings when russia does well.

russia also appeared to be the friendliest country on the board seeing a rather straight line for drawing with other countries. barring austria, there was only a 12% difference between the co-drawing leader and co-drawing trailer (france at 57% and germany at 45%). many games with russia ended in a 6-way draw with austria as the odd man out.