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Section sizes

Section size for Wagner Group (41 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	46,764	46,764
Origins and leadership	1,521	16,564
Yevgeny Prigozhin	7,067	7,067
Dmitry Utkin	6,889	6,889
Konstantin Pikalov	1,087	1,087
Organization	10,500	33,892
Recruitment, training, techniques	13,221	13,221
Units	12	10,171
Rusich unit	5,119	5,119
Serb unit	5,040	5,040
Relationship with the Russian state	23,512	30,577
Wagner Group rebellion	7,065	7,065
Activities	543	88,502
Ukraine	1,012	37,461
Crimea annexation and War in Donbas	14,696	14,696
Full-scale invasion of Ukraine since 2022	21,753	21,753
Belarus	9,716	9,716
Syria	10,513	10,513
Africa	5,273	27,921
Sudan	5,412	5,412
Central African Republic	7,318	7,318
Libya	4,252	4,252
Mali	5,666	5,666
Venezuela	2,348	2,348
Possible activities	24	8,513
Moldova	962	962
Nagorno-Karabakh	5,042	5,042
Serbia	680	680
Other	1,805	1,805
Casualties	20,426	20,426
Sanctions	8,819	8,819
Plane crash	3,962	3,962
Far-right elements	6,759	6,759
Awards and honors	9,078	9,078
Post Yevgeny Prigozhin's death	2,852	3,803
Nationalization of Wagner Group	951	951
Notable members	719	719
See also	96	96
Citations	27	27
Further reading	4,104	4,104
External links	1,170	1,170
Total	283,775	283,775