36th Surface Ship Division
Identification
Open sources confirm a 36th Surface Ship Division of the Russian Pacific Fleet; TASS reported personnel from the "36th Red Banner Surface Ship Division" marching in Vladivostok's 2022 Victory Parade, and a TASS biographical profile of Adm. Aleksandr Nosatov states that he served as chief of staff and then commander of the Pacific Fleet's 36th Surface Ship Division. ([tass.ru](https://tass.ru/obschestvo/14579571))
Basing pattern
This record is best read as a dispersed unit, not a single pier. One placemark matches the Vladivostok/Ulyss Bay basing area: TASS reported in September 2024 that the Primorsky Flotilla's basing point is in Ulyss Bay, and separate TASS reporting identifies Vladivostok's 33rd pier as the berth used by the fleet flagship Varyag and large anti-submarine ships. Another placemark aligns with Abrek Bay at ZATO Fokino; TASS lists Fokino among Pacific Fleet basing points, and RIA Novosti described Abrek Bay as a location where a Pacific Fleet ship detachment is based. ([tass.ru](https://tass.ru/politika/21761731))
Operational role
Russian official and state-media reporting indicates that ships associated with this surface-force grouping are used for long-range presence operations from Vladivostok. TASS reported Varyag departing Vladivostok with Admiral Panteleyev in 2019 and with Admiral Tributs in 2021, and returning to Vladivostok with Marshal Shaposhnikov after a seven-month deployment in August 2024. TASS also reported in July 2025 that Admiral Tributs would lead the Russian group in the Russia-China Maritime Interaction 2025 exercise. ([tass.com](https://tass.com/defense/1080660))
Combat capability
Public reporting shows at least part of the formation has been modernized for broader strike missions. TASS reported that Marshal Shaposhnikov re-entered Pacific Fleet ready forces in 2021 with Kalibr-NK and Uran strike systems after modernization, while TASS reporting on Admiral Vinogradov described its own upgrade and return-to-service dates as projected rather than officially confirmed completed. ([tass.ru](https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/11250139?utm_source=openai))
Adjacent amphibious site
Placemark 3 is more consistent with a separate nearby formation, the 100th Landing Ship Brigade, than with the 36th Surface Ship Division. TASS identified D-107 as belonging to the Pacific Fleet's 100th Landing Ship Brigade, and separate fleet reporting named Nikolay Vilkov, Peresvet, and Oslyabya together in a landing-ship exercise. The safest interpretation is that the Fokino/Abrek Bay area hosts multiple Pacific Fleet surface and amphibious elements, with exact current pier-by-pier allocation of every listed hull not publicly confirmed. ([tass.ru](https://tass.ru/obschestvo/17531621?utm_source=openai))