You're welcome. Keep in mind I consider the ORBAT in question for 'largely obsolete' meanwhile.
Namely, I'm sure it looked like this in period October 2015 - May 2016. But, I haven't updated it ever since, and know that some of units in question ahve been rotated out of Syria during this summer. Thus I wouldn't bet on more than about 50% of it being 'accurate' nowadays.
Re. how are Russians staffing their units in Syria and how many troops they might have: frankly (as always) I do not know much about the Russian military in general. I know 'enough for general orientation' about the Russian Aerospace Force.
But, from what I've heard from my sources in that country, the situation is such that - generally - only something like one third of ground forces are 'combat ready' at any given time. Accordingly, this is so because of the draft system, and the way this works: one third of each unit is always composed of fresh draftees/rainbows undergoing basic training; one third is undergoing advanced training or on leave; and one is combat ready.
Further to this, they seem to have a number of units that are largely composed of professional soldiers: people who either volunteered to serve, or volunteered to continue their national service for an extended period of time (not sure if this is 1, 2, 3 or more years). This is what we call 'Zeitsoldaten' in Austria (something like 'Soldiers for specific period of time'), for example.
Now, the units deployed in Syria should be exclusively composed of the latter. I.e. of the 'combat ready third' of each of brigades or regiments in question, and then staffed entirely by 'Zeitsoldaten'.
It's only since relatively recently (can't recall the exact date) - namely, since Putin released a decree according to which regular troops serving their national service can be deployed abroad - that this might have changed. But even then, only the 'combat ready' third of each brigade in question is deployed.
...which in turn would explain why my ORBAT is 'full' of citations for 'battalion-sized task forces' (and confirm this too): namely, it seems that average Russian Army brigade includes three battalions.
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