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Section sizes

Section size for Wagner Group (41 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	47,060	47,060
Origins and leadership	1,536	16,579
Yevgeny Prigozhin	7,067	7,067
Dmitry Utkin	6,889	6,889
Konstantin Pikalov	1,087	1,087
Organization	12,387	37,221
Recruitment, training, techniques	13,622	13,622
Units	12	11,212
Rusich unit	6,160	6,160
Serb unit	5,040	5,040
Relationship with the Russian state	23,520	30,587
Wagner Group rebellion	7,067	7,067
Activities	543	89,332
Ukraine	1,012	37,480
Crimea annexation and War in Donbas	14,694	14,694
Full-scale invasion of Ukraine since 2022	21,774	21,774
Syria	10,513	10,513
Africa	5,273	28,703
Sudan	5,452	5,452
Central African Republic	7,305	7,305
Libya	4,252	4,252
Mali	6,421	6,421
Venezuela	2,348	2,348
Belarus	9,745	9,745
Possible activities	24	18,873
Nagorno-Karabakh	5,042	5,042
Burkina Faso	8,149	8,149
Other	5,658	5,658
Casualties	19,782	19,782
Sanctions	8,817	8,817
Plane crash	3,966	3,966
Far-right elements	6,780	6,780
Awards and honors	9,078	9,078
Post Yevgeny Prigozhin's death	2,848	3,799
Nationalization of Wagner Group	951	951
Notable members	719	719
See also	96	96
Notes	47	47
Citations	27	27
Further reading	4,519	4,519
External links	1,165	1,165
Total	298,447	298,447