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Unit intelligence profile

Northern Fleet

Subordinates
7
Locations
17
Profile summary
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HQ: Severomorsk, Commander: Vice Admiral Konstantin Kabantsov

Assessment

Identity

This record matches Russia’s Northern Fleet headquarters/main base at Severomorsk, Murmansk Region. Russian Defense Ministry reporting relayed by TASS said Vice Admiral Konstantin Kabantsov was appointed Northern Fleet commander on April 2, 2024, and TASS reporting from August 2025 still identified him as commanding fleet-level exercises. ([tass.com](https://tass.com/defense/1935211))

Command status

A presidential decree published on February 26, 2024 removed the Northern Fleet’s status as a military-district-equivalent strategic multi-service formation and reassigned Murmansk, Arkhangelsk, Komi, and Nenets territories to the re-established Leningrad Military District. Post-decree reporting still describes the Northern Fleet as a major naval command based at Severomorsk, so this site should be read as the fleet HQ rather than the former joint strategic command. ([tass.com](https://tass.com/defense/1751711))

Mission

Official Russian statements assign the fleet Arctic-frontier defense and continuous readiness of sea-based strategic nuclear forces. During Zapad 2025, Northern Fleet detachments operated in the Arctic Ocean with a command ship, landing ship, tug, and tanker while practicing defense of Arctic coastal infrastructure, maritime economic zones, and strategic communications, indicating an active Arctic security and sustainment role. ([tass.com](https://tass.com/defense/1935211))

Basing and logistics

Open reporting places the main naval base at Severomorsk, with additional fleet bases in Murmansk Region and a White Sea/Arkhangelsk node that includes the Belomorsk naval facility at Severodvinsk. Russian officials also said a new power center for Northern Fleet facilities in Severomorsk was completed in 2023; separately, fleet reporting said Northern Fleet tankers conducted more than 100 refuelings in remote maritime zones in 2025 and delivered fuel to more than 60 remote northern locations, underscoring substantial shore and auxiliary-logistics infrastructure. ([tass.com](https://tass.com/defense/1238053))

Surface force posture

Public reporting ties Severomorsk to the fleet’s principal surface-combatant grouping. In 2022, Northern Fleet commander Aleksandr Moiseyev said the fleet’s general-purpose seaborne forces included the 43rd Missile Ship Division; in March 2025 Putin/TASS identified the nuclear cruiser Pyotr Veliky as the fleet flagship; and TASS reported the Project 22350 frigate Admiral Golovko arriving at Severomorsk in January 2024, confirming continued investment in blue-water surface combatants at this base. ([tass.com](https://tass.com/defense/1458977))

Arctic outpost

The fleet’s wider Arctic operating architecture includes Alexandra Land in Franz Josef Land. Russian MoD material cited by DFRLab described the Arctic Trefoil base on the 80th parallel as able to house up to 150 personnel for 18 months; CNN reporting from a 2021 media visit said Nagurskoye’s runway had been extended to 3,500 meters, allowing most Russian military aircraft to use the site; and CSIS assessed Alexandra Land as reinforcing Northern Fleet air-sea-land denial and Northern Sea Route control. ([dfrlab.org](https://dfrlab.org/2017/04/25/selfies-expose-russias-arctic-bases/))

Command structure

Subordinate formations

7

Kola Flotilla

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military unit 36070, HQ: Polyarny, Dushenova Street 6

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

Submarine Forces of the Northern Fleet

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HQ: Gadzhiyevo

7th Submarine Division

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(Project 945 Barrakuda/Project 945A Kondor nuclear-powered attack submarine: B-276 Kostroma, B-336 Pskov, B-534 Nizhny Novgorod), (Project 671RTMK nuclear-powered attack submarine: B-448 Tambov)

11th Submarine Division

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(Project 949A Antey nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine: K-119 Voronezh, K-266 Orel, K-410 Smolensk), (Project 677RTMK nuclear-powered attack submarine: K-560 Severodvinsk)

24th Submarine Division

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(Project 971 Shchuka-B nuclear-powered attack submarine: K-154 Tigr, K-157 Vepr, K-317 Pantera, K-328 Leopard, K-335 Gepard, K-461 Volk)

31st Submarine Division

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(Project 667BDRM Delfin nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine: K-18 Karelia, K-51 Verkhoturye, K-84 Ekaterinburg, K-114 Tula, K-407 Novomoskovsk), (Project 955 Borei nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine: K-535 Yuriy Dolgorukiy)

29th Deep-Sea Submarine Division

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military unit 13090, (Project 1851/Project 1851.1 special purpose submarine: AS-21, AS-23, AS-35), (Project 10831 nuclear-powered deep-water station: AS-31 Losharik) (Project 09786 special purpose nuclear-powered submarine: BS-136 Orenburg), (Project 667BDRM Delfin special purpose nuclear-powered submarine: BS-64 Podmoskovye), (Project 1910 nuclear-powered deep-water station: AS-13, AS-15, AS-33)

339th Separate Construction and Repair Submarine Brigade

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military unit 95420, (Project 20120 Sargan special purpose (test) diesel-electric submarine: B-90 Sarov)

701st Logistics Center

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military unit 77360

701st Logistics Center

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military unit 77360-2, submarine munitions, torpedo and missile depot

701st Logistics Center

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military unit 77360-3

701st Logistics Center

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military unit 77360-4

701st Logistics Center

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military unit 77360-5, fuel depot

701st Logistics Center

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military unit 77360-6

701st Logistics Center

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military unit 77360-12

701st Logistics Center

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military unit 77360-15

701st Logistics Center

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military unit 77360-16, fuel depot

701st Logistics Center

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military unit 77360-21

701st Logistics Center

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military unit 77360-22, fuel depot

701st Logistics Center

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military unit 77360-25, fuel depot

701st Logistics Center

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military unit 77360-26

701st Logistics Center

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military unit 77360-29

701st Logistics Center

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military unit 77360-32

701st Logistics Center

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military unit 77360-I

701st Logistics Center (Severomorsk Naval Munitions Storage)

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military unit 77360-N

701st Logistics Center

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military unit 77360-U

701st Logistics Center

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military unit 77360-F, fuel depot

701st Logistics Center HQ

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military unit 77360

1222nd Northern Fleet Intelligence Center (GRU)

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military unit 53167

1222nd Northern Fleet Intelligence Center (GRU)

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military unit 53167-K

1222nd Northern Fleet Intelligence Center (GRU)

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military unit 53167-R

8th Special Purpose Naval Radio Detachment (GRU)

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military unit 31181 (53167-U)

1222nd Northern Fleet Intelligence Center (GRU) HQ

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military unit 53167

Coastal Forces of the Northern Fleet

61st Separate Guards Naval Infantry Brigade

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military unit 38643, Commander: Colonel Kirill Nikulin, (BTR-80, 2S1 Gvozdika, 2S23 Nona-SVK)

180th Separate Naval Engineer Battalion

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military unit 36085

186th Separate EW Center

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military unit 60134

420th Separate Special Purpose Naval Reconnaissance Point

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military unit 43063

516th Communications Center

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military unit 40630

536th Separate Coastal Missile Brigade

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military unit 10544

Arctic Tactical Groups

99th Tactical Group

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military unit 74777

Novaya Zemla Tactical Group

Alexandra Land Tactical Group

Sredny Tactical Group

Geospatial index

Known places

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43rd Missile Ship Division

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military unit 20475, (Project 1143.5 heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser: Admiral Kuznetsov 063), (Project 11442 heavy nuclear-powered battecruiser: Pyotr Velikiy 099), (Project 1164 Atlant guided-missile cruiser: Marshal Ustinov 055), (Project 956 Sarych guided-missile destroyer: Admiral Ushakov 474), (Project 22350 frigate: Admiral Gorshkov)

16th Repair and Construction Brigade

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military unit 20458

518th Reconnaissance Ship Squadron

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military unit 20524

566th Support Vessel Group

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military unit 77360

140th PDSS Counteraction Special Purpose Detachment

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military unit 69068

152nd PDSS Counteraction Special Purpose Detachment

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military unit 13106

160th PDSS Counteraction Special Purpose Detachment

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military unit 09619

269th PDSS Counteraction Special Purpose Detachment

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military unit 30853

43rd Separate Water Area Protection Squadron

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(Project 1124M corvette: Onega 164, Naryan-Mar 138), (Project 1258 minesweeper: RT-236, RT-259), (Project 773 landing ship: BTR-140)

44th Support Vessel Group

8th Support Vessel Detachment

Separate Detachment from the 566th Support Vessel Group

83rd Hydrographic Vessel Group

601st Separate Hydrographic Ship Squadron

Arctic Trefoil Base

Reserve Command Post of the Northern Fleet

Northern Fleet HQ