Leningrad Naval base

Part of Baltic Fleet
Saint Petersburg

The Logo of the Leningrad Naval base

Site information
Owner| Russian Armed Forces
Controlled by| Russian Navy
Open to
the public| No
Site history
Built| March 15, 1919 (1919-03-15)
Garrison information
Current
commander| Rear Admiral Vyacheslav Rodionov
Past
commanders| Rear Admiral Anatoly Lipinsky
Garrison| St. Petersburg

The Leningrad Naval Base is part of the Baltic Fleet of the Russian Navy.

## History

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The Naval base was created on the basis of Order No. 117 as of March 15, 1919 of the Baltic Sea Fleet. The Naval Forces of Petrograd were transformed by the order into the Petrograd Naval Base. The Petrograd, then the Leningrad naval base has since that time been sometimes abolished, reformed and again created. In the summer of 1919, the crews of torpedo boats Gavril and Azard, and also the submarine Pantera under Aleksandr Bakhtin's [ru] command scored the first successes ('kills') for the base, sinking the submarine HMS L55 and the destroyer HMS Vittoria of the British Royal Navy.

During the Great Patriotic War from the headquarters of the naval educational institutions and fleet units a sea defence of Leningrad and Lake area headquarters was created. About 100,000 military seamen fought on the Leningrad front. In 1941-1944 naval vessels of this base participated in carrying out of landing operations in areas Strelna, Peterhof, on Lake Ladoga, in the Vyborg and in the Narva gulfs. During the blockade of Leningrad the fleet provided communication of the besieged city with the country through Lake Ladoga. 1.7 million tons of cargo were transported and 1 million people were evacuated on the water line of the Road of Life alone.

From October 1988 the base consisted of the:[1]

* 25th Submarine Brigade (Kronshtadt, Saint Petersburg)
* 105th Naval Region Protection Brigade (Kronshtadt, Saint Petersburg)
* 166th Brigade of Constructed and Overhauled Ships (Kronshtadt, Saint Petersburg)

Since 1994 the base has been part of the Baltic Fleet.

## Ships in 2008

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#  | Ship  | Commander

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Type (and project)  | Name  | Pennant number | Active in the fleet  | Notes  | Captain's Rank  | Captain's Name
105th brigade of the ships of protection of water area (based in Kronstadt)  | Captain of 1st rank | Sergey Pinchuk[2]
109th battalion of the small anti-submarine ships  | Captain of 2nd rank  | Maxim Kirpichnikov[2]
1  | Project 1331M small anti-submarine ship | MPK-99 "Zelenodolsk" Russian: МПК-99 «Зеленодольск» | 308  | since 1987  | Under repair  | Captain of 3rd rank  | Evgenie Tishkevich[2]
2  | Project 1331M small anti-submarine ship | MPK-192 "Urengoy" Russian: МПК-192 «Уренгой» | 304  | since 1986  |  | Captain Lieutenant | Evgenie Kuznetsov[2]
3  | Project 1331M small anti-submarine ship | MPK-205 "Kazanets" (translate:Citizen of Kazan) Russian: МПК-205 «Казанец» | 311  | since 1987  |  |  | [2]
22nd Minesweeper Division  | Captain of 2nd rank  | Michael Ahahlin[2]
4  | Base minesweeper of project 12650  | BT-44 Russian: БТ-44 | 563  | since 1985  |  |  | [2]
5  | Base minesweeper ship of project 12650  | BT-115 Russian: БТ-115 | 561  | since 1994  |  | Captain Lieutenant | Vladimir Remezov[2]
123rd separate submarines under repair battalion (based in Kronstadt)  | Captain of 1st rank | Igor Martemjanov[2]
6  | Project 877 class diesel submarine | B-227 Russian: Б-227 |  | since 1983  |  | Captain of 2nd rank  | Igor Abitov[2]
7  | Project 877EKM diesel submarine | B-806 Russian: Б-806 |  | since 1986  |  | Captain of 3rd rank  | Vitaly Tchikin[2]
13th brigade of the under construction and repaired ships (based in Kronstadt)  | Captain of 1st rank | Sergey Petrovich Belonogy [citation needed]
8  | diesel submarine of project 677 (Lada class submarine) | B-585 "Saint Petersburg Russian: Б-585 «Санкт-Петербург» |  | Formally as a part of fleet since 2007  | To be commissioned in 2010.[citation needed] |  | [2]
32nd Separate Division of Support Vessels (based in Priozersk)  | Captain of 1st rank | Vladimir Karmanov[2]

## Commanders

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During Soviet times, the post was known as the Commandant of the Kronstadt naval fortress.

* Admiral Valentin Selivanov [ru] (December 1989 - September 1992)
* Vice Admiral Vladimir Grishanov [ru] (February 1993 - August 1995)
* Vice Admiral Alexander Kornilov (December 1995 - October 2002)
* Vice Admiral Vladimir Kudryavtsev (October 2002 - March 2006)
* Rear Admiral Alexey Tuzov (March - November 2006)
* Rear Admiral Anatoly Lipinsky (November 2006 - July 2009)
* Rear Admiral Aleksandr Fedotenkov (September 2009 - June 2011)
* Captain Oleg Zhuravlyov (December 2011 - May 2015)
* Rear Admiral Igor Smolyak (May 2015 - September 2017)
* Rear Admiral Vyacheslav Rodionov (since September 2017)

## References

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1. ^ "Twice Red Banner Baltic Fleet".
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Журнал «Власть» № 7(760) от 25.02.2008

## External links

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* Историческая справка (Ленинградская военно-морская база) [History of Leningrad Naval base] (in Russian). Official site of Ministry of Defence. Archived from the original on November 10, 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-26.

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Baltic Fleet of Russian Navy

Commander of fleet|

* Admiral Aleksandr Nosatov

Divisions|

* Leningrad Naval Base
* Baltiysk Naval base
* Separate Guards brigade of marines of the Baltic fleet
* 127 separate sea engineering battalion
* Strazh Balticy (newspaper)

Navy bases in Kaliningrad Oblast|

* Fleet command: Kaliningrad
* Marine base: Baltiysk
* Air bases: Chernyakhovsk
* Kaliningrad Chkalovsk
* Donskoye
* Khrabrovo

Navy base in Saint Petersburg and Oblast|

* Saint Petersburg
* Kronstadt
* Vysotsk

Former naval bases|

* Finland: Hanko
* Porkkala
* Suomenlinna
* Estonia: Paldiski
* Latvia: Liepāja

Baltic Fleet page at the official Ministry of Defence website

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Saint Petersburg Navy structures

Military educational institutions|

* N. G. Kuznetsov Naval Academy

Military research institutes and design offices|

* Malakhit Marine Engineering Bureau

The military ship-building and ship-repair enterprises|

* Admiralty Shipyard
* Almaz Shipbuilding Company
* Baltic Shipyard
* Rubin Design Bureau
* Severnaya Verf
* Severnoe Design Bureau

Part of Leningrad Naval base|

* Saint Petersburg
* Kronstadt
* Petergof
* Priozersk
* Vysotsk

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