The Guards became the most/best drilled (as far as parade ground is involved) part of the Russian army all the way to the end.
(c) Development of the strategic plans kept going on during Alexander's reign and into the modern times. In 1812 Russian armies had been positioned according to plan offered by general Phul (sp) and then with a great difficulty extricated themselves out of a potential death trap.
So it sounds like these TTL reforms will be similar to OTL.
(b) Soldiers' food noticeably improved during Paul's reign (and he was quite liked by the ranks) but situation was at least somewhat deteriorating at least by the time of Nicholas I (Russia was in a sever financial crisis).
Well, Russia’s economic situation a quarter century after a PoD that might prevent the Napoleonic Wars as OTL knows it is pretty much impossible to predict here. That said, if Paul prioritizes keeping troops feed, it might have more staying power.
(d) Modernization of artillery and its organization continued during the reign of Alexander with Arakcheev and Yermolov playing important roles.
But considering those two had fallen from grace under Paul, combined with the lack of learning experience that was Austerlitz, those reforms might actually be
less effective TTL.
(e) Not sure about the generals but it seems that various types of their compensation were better defined than in the time of Catherine (not that difficult). However, it seems that by the time of the [Russo-Japanese War] things were getting out of control again (and we know the results).
Well, a century is plenty of time for an institution to decay after even the bed of reforms; so no idea here either.
It really depends when Paul would die.
That is a very good point. FWIW, I’ve been thinking in terms of Paul having a typical lifespan for a male Russian Tsar (so 48-52, or 58-62 at the
very oldest), and of having his son inherit the throne at a not so atypically young age (so around 26 or 29 at the youngest).
So we’re talking summer of 1804 at the very earliest, though 1805 or 1806 would be better.
If he would not die before 1805/06 Amiens would still fail, because both parties broke the treaty left and right. Which allies Britain will find is more interesting. I think Sweden and Naples will still ally with them, because both Kings are idiots and the Duke of Enghien incident really pissed Gustav off. Austria would probably still join, because Napoleon broke Luneville (annexation of Genoa, incorporating cisalpine republic by crowning himself King of Italy) and that pissed them off. Furthermore Franz II was a poor leader and followed the words of the war party two times OTL instead of listening to his more capable brother Charles, therefore I think they would join Britain.
You make a very good point here, but I’m still not so sure that Austria is quite dumb enough to challenge France on the continent this early without Russian reinforcements, and effectively alone.*
*The one time they tried that OTL, the War of Fifth Coalition, came on the heels on years of military reform and build up by the Hapsburg monarchy; in fact, it can be said that the financial strains of said escalation were the main cause, since the alternative to defying Napoleon in 1809 (when he was already knee deep in Spain) was disarmament.