14th Army Corps
Identification
This record matches Russia’s 14th Army Corps, a corps-level Arctic ground formation created in April 2017. The supplied subordinate clues align with the corps’ documented garrisons at Alakurtti and Pechenga, which are repeatedly associated with the 80th Arctic Motor Rifle Brigade and the 200th motor rifle formation. ([vpk.name](https://vpk.name/news/179970_v_sostave_obedinennogo_strategicheskogo_komandovaniya_sever_sformirovan_14-i_armeiskii_korpus.html))
Current subordination
The hierarchy path is historically accurate for the corps’ Northern Fleet phase, but it is likely not current as of March 12, 2026. Russia re-created the Leningrad Military District on February 26, 2024 and moved Murmansk Oblast into it; Russian reporting in April 2024 and later Western/Finnish assessments place the 14th Army Corps under the Leningrad Military District rather than under Northern Fleet coastal troops. ([tass.ru](https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/20085959))
Headquarters
Open sources commonly place the corps command in Murmansk or Murmansk Oblast, but I did not find public official confirmation of the exact headquarters compound. Russian reporting in April 2024 identified Boris Fomichev as commander; I found no newer official source confirming whether that remains current. ([publications.armywarcollege.edu](https://publications.armywarcollege.edu/News/Display/Article/4305125/russian-arctic-land-forces-and-defense-trends-redefined-by-nato-and-ukraine/))
Garrisons
The confirmed core garrisons are Alakurtti and Pechenga. TASS identifies the 80th Arctic brigade at Alakurtti and the 200th brigade at Pechenga near the Norwegian border; a 2025 U.S. Army War College study places the Pechenga formation about 110 km northwest of Murmansk and about 10 km from Norway. The two Pechenga-area placemarks therefore fit the corps’ border garrison, but public sources reviewed do not identify which exact installation each point denotes. ([tass.ru](https://tass.ru/info/5252147))
Role and changes
Observed role centers on ground defense of the Kola Peninsula and Russia’s northern approaches: Russian reporting described corps exercises repelling an attack on the Kola Peninsula, and Sergei Shoigu said in April 2022 that expansion of the 14th Army Corps was intended to strengthen protection of Russia’s northern borders. The corps has also been drawn into the war in Ukraine; its deputy commander Vladimir Zavadsky was reported killed there in December 2023. Recent non-official but credible reporting further suggests the Pechenga-based 200th Brigade was expanded into the 71st Guards Motor Rifle Division in mid-2025, but I did not locate Russian official confirmation of that reorganization. ([tass.ru](https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/12365563?utm_source=openai))