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Unit intelligence profile

Kola Flotilla

Subordinates
1
Locations
4
Profile summary
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military unit 36070, HQ: Polyarny, Dushenova Street 6

Assessment

Identification

This site is best matched to the headquarters building of the Red Banner Kola Flotilla of Diverse Forces in Polyarny, at ul. Dushenova 6 on Catherine Harbor. Regional official tourism material identifies the building as the flotilla headquarters since 1982, local official notices separately confirm military unit 36070 in Polyarny, and TASS in June 2025 again described Polyarny as the flotilla’s main base within the Northern Fleet. ([murmansk.travel](https://murmansk.travel/places/724?utm_source=openai))

Site context

Polyarny sits on Catherine Harbor/Kola Bay and inside ZATO Aleksandrovsk, a closed administrative-territorial formation with controlled entry. That setting likely supports secure access control and direct movement between the headquarters and nearby naval facilities, while the harbor geography gives immediate access from the Kola Bay approaches toward the Barents Sea. ([murmansk.travel](https://murmansk.travel/places/724?utm_source=openai))

Confirmed basing

Recent open sources confirm active submarine and water-area-defense basing at Polyarny. TASS reported the diesel-electric submarine Kaluga returning to the flotilla’s main base there in June 2025, and the new Project 12700 mine-countermeasure ship Afanasiy Ivannikov arrived at Polyarny in 2025 to join the 7th Guards brigade of water-area-protection ships of the Kola Flotilla. ([tass.ru](https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/24227137?utm_source=openai))

Surface-force dispersion

Public reporting ties large amphibious and anti-submarine ships to the Kola Flotilla, but it does not place all of them at the Polyarny headquarters waterfront. Northern Fleet/TASS reporting in 2022 located the flotilla’s anti-submarine-ship formation in Severomorsk and showcased Severomorsk, Kondopoga, and Ivan Gren there; Alexander Otrakovsky was also reported sortieing from Severomorsk in 2024. A 2023 Izvestia report associated the 14th anti-submarine ship brigade with Severomorsk, Vice-Admiral Kulakov, Admiral Chabanenko, and Admiral Levchenko, so the placemark placing that brigade at Polyarny should be treated as unverified in public sources. ([tass.ru](https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/15517867?utm_source=openai))

Operational role

Recent exercises indicate the flotilla’s practical mission from the Polyarny-Severomorsk base cluster is near-sea-zone defense: mine countermeasures, protection of basing areas and communications, local anti-submarine/search-strike work, and support to larger Northern Fleet deployments and firing events. During Zapad-2025, TASS reported Kola Flotilla trawling and search-strike groups deploying in the near sea zone; other 2025 reports showed flotilla ships conducting base-defense drills, air-defense and anti-surface training, and covering Northern Fleet firing areas. One metadata item is outdated: TASS reported the Project 677 submarine Sankt Petersburg withdrawn from naval service in February 2024, so it should not be treated as an active Polyarny-based boat as of March 12, 2026. ([tass.ru](https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/25035551?utm_source=openai))

Command structure

Subordinate formations

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7th Guards Water Area Protection Brigade

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military unit 90829, HQ: Polyarny

141st Tactical Group

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(Project 1124M corvette: Monchegorsk 190, Snezhnogorsk 196, Brest 199, Yunga 113)

142nd Tactical Group

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(Project 1234(1): Rassvet 520, Aysberg 535)

143rd Tactical Group

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(Project 12650 base minesweeper: Yelnya 561, Polyarny 402, Solovetsky Yunga 466, Kotelnich 454, Yadrin 469, Kolomna 426)

144th Tactical Group

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(Project 12660 minesweeper: Vladimir Gumanenko 811), (Project 266M minesweeper: Mashinist 911)

Geospatial index

Known places

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121st Landing Ship Brigade

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military unit 36045, (Project 775 landing ship: SDK-55 Aleksandr Otrakowski 031, SDK-91 Olenegorsky Gornyak 012, SDK-182 Kondopoga 027, BDK-45 Georgiy Pobedonosets 016)

14th Anti-Submarine Ship Brigade

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military unit 20546, (Project 1155/Project 1155.1 Fregat(-M) anti-submarine destroyer: Severomorsk 619, Admiral Levchenko 605, Vice-Admiral Kulakov 626, Admiral Chabanenko 650)

161st Submarine Brigade

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military unit 36021, (Project 877/E/LPMB Paltus diesel-electric attack submarine: B-177 Lipetsk, B-459 Vladikavkaz, B-471 Magnitogorsk, B-800 Kaluga, B-808 Yaroslavl), (Project 677 Lada diesel-electric attack submarine: B-585 Sankt Petersburg)

Kola Flotilla HQ

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military unit 36070