The Kamchatka Military Flotilla ( rus, Камчатская флотилия, r=Kamchatskaya flotiliya) is a
flotilla
A flotilla (from Spanish, meaning a small ''flota'' (fleet) of ships), or naval flotilla, is a formation of small warships that may be part of a larger fleet.
Composition
A flotilla is usually composed of a homogeneous group of the same class ...
of the
Russian Navy.
On December 14, 1849, in accordance with the Decree of
Emperor Nicholas I
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, birth_place = Gatchina Palace, Gatchina, Russian Empire
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, the Okhotsk military flotilla was transferred to
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky ( rus, Петропавловск-Камчатский, a=Петропавловск-Камчатский.ogg, p=pʲɪtrɐˈpavləfsk kɐmˈtɕatskʲɪj) is a city and the administrative, industrial, scientific, and cultur ...
in Kamchatka. Thus December 14 became marked as the celebratory "Day" of the flotilla/NEGTF.
Formed in 1945, the Kamchatka Flotilla of diverse forces was reorganized during the 1960s; on 15 October 1979 the Kamchatka Flotilla was formed (or reformed). In March 1998 the Northeastern Group of Troops and Forces was created from the Kamchatka Flotilla. It was based on the
Kamchatka Peninsula
The Kamchatka Peninsula (russian: полуостров Камчатка, Poluostrov Kamchatka, ) is a peninsula in the Russian Far East, with an area of about . The Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk make up the peninsula's eastern and we ...
and had responsibility for a coastal zone of the Pacific Ocean. On April 30, 1975, the flotilla was awarded the
Order of the Red Banner
The Order of the Red Banner (russian: Орден Красного Знамени, Orden Krasnogo Znameni) was the first Soviet military decoration. The Order was established on 16 September 1918, during the Russian Civil War by decree of th ...
.
The Kamchatka Flotilla's forces in 1988 included the 173rd Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade (Ilicheva Bay, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatka); 114th Coastal Defence Brigade; 182nd Submarine Brigade (Krasheninnikova Bay, Kamchatka Oblast); and the 104th independent Hydrographic Ship Battalion at Petropavlovsk-Kamchatka.
Until 1 June 2002, the 22nd Motor Rifle Division of the
Far East Military District
The Far Eastern Military District (russian: Дальневосточный военный округ; Dalʹnevostochnyĭ voennyĭ okrug) was a military district of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In 2010 it was merged with the Pacific ...
was located on the peninsula. It then became the 40th independent Motorised Rifle Brigade. In September 2007 it became the 40th Independent (twice Red Banner) Krasnodar-Harbin twice Red Banner Naval Infantry Brigade. This situation lasted until March, 2009 when it became the 3rd Naval Infantry Regiment, and later the
40th Naval Infantry Brigade.
Order of battle
It includes:
Ship and Vessel units
* 114th Coastal Defence Brigade (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky);
* 117th Coastal Defence Division (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky);
* 66th Separate Missile Ship Division (Acha Bay);
* 10th Submarine Division (Vilyuchinsk);
* 25th Submarine Division (Tarja Bay);
* 32nd Auxiliary Unit (Zavoiko Peninsula);
Marines
40th Separate Naval Infantry Brigade (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky);
Coastal Defense units
520th Separate Missile Brigade (Sakhalin and The Kuril Islands);
* Eight surface-to-surface missile
divizion
{{army units
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s (battalions), three on Sakhalin, two on Iturup Island, and three elsewhere
Aviation and Air Defence units (see
:ru:Елизово (аэропорт))
* 865th Separate Fighter Regiment (
Elizovo Airport
Elizovo Airport (russian: Аэропорт Елизово) , also known as Yelizovo Airport or Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airport, is located in the Russian Far East city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Kamchatka Krai. Its main runway is long.
Milit ...
, transferred to OKVS (Troops and Forces of the North-East) July 1, 1998);
* 317th Separate Aviation Regiment (Elizovo, status needs to be confirmed)
* 175th Helicopter Anti-ship Squadron (Elizovo, status needs to be confirmed);
* 216th Electronic Warfare Regiment (Ozyorny);
* 1532nd Air Defence Regiment (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky)
Command
Commanders of the Flotilla
* 1945-1946 - Rear Admiral
I. I. Baykov
* 1946-1948 - Rear Admiral
N. I. Vinogradov
* 1951-1954 - Rear Admiral
L. N. Panteleyev
* 1954-1959 - Rear Admiral
G. I. Shchedrin
* 1966-1971 - Rear Admiral
B. E. Yamkovoi
* 1971-1973 - Rear Admiral
V. V. Sidorov
* 1973-1978 - Rear Admiral
I. M. Kapitanets
* 1978-1980 - Vice-Admiral
N. G. Klitniy
* 1980-1983 - Vice Admiral
G. A. Khvatov
* 1983-1986 - Vice-Admiral
D. M. Komarov
* 1986-1989 - Vice Admiral
G. N. Gurinov
* 1989-1993 - Vice-Admiral
Y. I. Shumarin
* 1993-1995 - Vice-Admiral V. T. Kharnikov
* 1995-1998 - Vice-Admiral V. F. Dorogin
Commander of the Northeastern Group of Troops and Forces
* 1998-2000 - Vice-Admiral V. F. Dorogin
* 2000-2001 - Vice-Admiral
K. S. Sidenko
* 2002-2006 - Vice-Admiral V. F. Gavrikov
* 2006-2009 - Rear Admiral
A. V. Vitko
* 2009-2012 - Rear Admiral K. G. Maklov
* 2012-2014 - Rear Admiral
V. N. Liina
* 2014-2016 - Rear Admiral S. V. Lipilin
* Since 2016 - Acting Rear Admiral
Sergei ZhugaAir Defense Combat on Kamchatka was awarded the Combat Flag
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Chiefs of Staff of the Flotilla
* 1948-1949 - captain of the first rank S.А. Canapadze
* 1951-1957 - Rear Admiral M.G. Tomsk
* 1957-1963 - Rear Admiral A.B. Teisher's
* 1963-1968 - Rear Admiral Yu.S. Russin
* 1972-1976 - Rear Admiral N.G. Customer
* 1984-1986 - Rear Admiral G.N. Gurinov
* 1986-1989 - Rear Admiral Yu.I. Shumanin
* 1989-1994 - Rear Admiral M.G. Kulak
* 1994-1995 - Rear Admiral V.F. Dorogin
* 1995-1998 - Rear Admiral M.F. Abramov
First Deputy Flotilla Commander
* 1976-1979 - Rear Admiral A.I. Skvortsov
* 1979-1982 - Rear Admiral N.G. Logky
* 1987-1991 - Rear Admiral N.D. Zakorin
* 1991-1994 - Rear Admiral V.F. Dorogin
* 1994-1998 - Rear Admiral M.G. Kulak
Notes
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External links
December 1, 1945 Formed Kamchatka military flotilla
Naval units and formations of Russia
Naval units and formations of the Soviet Union
Military units and formations established in 1945
Kamchatka Peninsula
1945 establishments in the Soviet Union