Leningrad Naval Base
Identification
The location corresponds to the Leningrad Naval Base (LenVMB) of Russia's Baltic Fleet, with headquarters in Kronstadt. Baltic Fleet reporting for the base's 105th anniversary on March 15, 2024 described it as a formation whose ships, training elements, and military units are located across St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast. ([tass.ru](https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/20241787?utm_source=openai))
Role
Reviewed Baltic Fleet reporting says LenVMB's current tasks include training crews and bringing new ships into service. The same reporting says the base also supports major naval activity tied to St. Petersburg, including visits by foreign naval and training ships, parades, holidays, and regattas. ([tass.ru](https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/20241787?utm_source=openai))
Coastal missile component
One supplied placemark is consistent with the base's 55th Separate Coastal Missile Division. Russian reporting said LenVMB was to receive a Bal coastal missile unit in 2021, and during the 2021 defense-acceptance cycle the commander of the 55th Separate Coastal Missile Division reported delivery of a Monolit-BR coastal target-detection and targeting radar for deployment in the base's area of responsibility. The supplied placemark label using 'battalion' is therefore not corroborated by the reviewed public reporting, which uses 'division/divizion.' ([tass.ru](https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/10184779?utm_source=openai))
Submarines and harbor security
Kronstadt remains an active submarine-support location. In March 2024 the Baltic Fleet reported B-806 Dmitrov sailing from its base berth together with the newer submarine Mozhaisk for Baltic training tasks, and TASS separately reported deep-diving drills for Dmitrov in 2024. By contrast, TASS's May 2025 Baltic Fleet overview said B-227 Vyborg had been transferred for museum conversion in Kronstadt in 2019, so the supplied placemark listing Vyborg as an operational boat appears outdated. Separate Baltic Fleet reporting said LenVMB's PDSS divers inspected Kronstadt's military harbor, where the base's warships are berthed, and stated that the unit protects ships and submarines from underwater sabotage and reconnaissance threats. ([tass.ru](https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/20242165?utm_source=openai))
Rescue element
A 2024 anniversary brochure for LenVMB lists the 501st rescue detachment among the base's formations. Separate Baltic Fleet reporting in 2024-2025 shows continued fleet rescue capability in submarine-assistance and towing drills using rescue vessels such as SS-750 and other rescue craft, which is consistent with a standing rescue-support function at Kronstadt, although the reviewed sources did not publicly confirm the exact current composition of the detachment. ([morkniga.ru](https://www.morkniga.ru/p846436.html))
Unverified details
The supplied commander name, Rear Admiral Andrey Saloshin, is corroborated in reviewed open sources through May 2024. However, a March 2025 Kronstadt report identified Igor Nikitin as commander of the Leningrad Naval Base; no official Ministry of Defense notice resolving that apparent change was located in the reviewed material, so current command attribution is publicly inconsistent as of March 12, 2026. The supplied placemark for a '13th Construction and Repair Ship Brigade' was also not corroborated directly; the reviewed 2024 anniversary brochure instead refers to a '13th brigade of ships and submarines,' so the exact current designation is not publicly confirmed. ([myseldon.com](https://myseldon.com/ru/news/index/311854210?utm_source=openai))