The 11th Army Corps, () is a tactical formation of the

Coastal Troops of the Russian Navy The Coastal Troops () are a service arm of the Russian Navy, designed to guard Russian fleets' forces, personnel, and seashore objects against exposure to enemy surface ships; to defend naval bases and other important facilities of the Fleets from ...

, formed in 2016 as part of the Baltic Fleet, in the

Western Military District The Western Military District (russian: Западный военный округ, Zapadnyy voyennyy okrug) is a military district of Russia. It is one of the five military districts of the Russian Armed Forces, with its jurisdiction primari ...

. The corps is located in

Kaliningrad Oblast Kaliningrad Oblast (russian: Калинингра́дская о́бласть, translit=Kaliningradskaya oblast') is the westernmost federal subject of Russia. It is a semi-exclave situated on the Baltic Sea. The largest city and admin ...

, with its headquarters in the city of Gusev. The corps was formed on 1 April 2016, and operates from

. Its first commander was .

Composition

*Headquarters staff ( Gusev) *

18th Guards Motor Rifle Division The 18th Guards Motor Rifle Division was formed originally as 133rd Rifle Division at Novosibirsk or Biysk in 1939. The division was part of 1st Shock Army on 1 December 1941 during the Battle of Moscow. It was redesignated as the 18th Guards Ri ...

( Gusev and

Sovetsk Sovetsk (russian: Сове́тск) is the name of several urban localities in Russia. *Sovetsk, Kaliningrad Oblast, a town in Kaliningrad Oblast, formerly Tilsit * Sovetsk, Kirov Oblast, a town in Sovetsky District of Kirov Oblast; * Sovetsk, T ...

) * 244th Artillery Brigade (

Kaliningrad Kaliningrad ( ; rus, Калининград, p=kəlʲɪnʲɪnˈɡrat, links=y), until 1946 known as Königsberg (; rus, Кёнигсберг, Kyonigsberg, ˈkʲɵnʲɪɡzbɛrk; rus, Короле́вец, Korolevets), is the largest city and ...

) * (

Chernyakhovsk Chernyakhovsk (russian: Черняхо́вск) – known prior to 1946 by its German name of (Old Prussian: Instrāpils, lt, Įsrutis; pl, Wystruć) – is a town in the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia, where it is the administrative center of C ...

) * 7th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment ( :ru:7-й отдельный гвардейский мотострелковый полк) (

) *22nd Independent Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (

) *46th Independent Reconnaissance Battalion ( Gusev) *40th Independent Command Battalion ( Gusev)

Commanders

*Major-General (2016 - 2020) *Major-General (Since August 2020)

References

{{Reflist Military units and formations established in 2016 2016 establishments in Russia Army corps of the Russian Federation Baltic Fleet