Kamchatka Flotilla

The Kamchatka Military Flotilla is a flotilla of the Russian Navy.
On December 14, 1849, in accordance with the Decree of Emperor Nicholas I, the Okhotsk military flotilla was transferred to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Kamchatka. Thus December 14 became marked as the celebratory "Day" of the flotilla/NEGTF.
The Kamchatka Military Flotilla was formed on December 1, 1945 by order of the People's Commissar of the Navy.
The Kamchatka Flotilla of diverse forces was reorganized during the 1960s; on 15 October 1979 the Kamchatka Flotilla was formed. In March 1998 the Northeastern Group of Troops and Forces was created from the Kamchatka Flotilla. It was based on the Kamchatka Peninsula and had responsibility for a coastal zone of the Pacific Ocean. On April 30, 1975, the flotilla was awarded the Order of the Red Banner.
The Kamchatka Flotilla's forces in 1988 included the 173rd Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade ; 114th Coastal Defence Brigade; 182nd Submarine Brigade ; and the 104th independent Hydrographic Ship Battalion at Petropavlovsk-Kamchatka.
Until 1 June 2002, the 22nd Motor Rifle Division of the Far East Military District was located on the peninsula. It then became the 40th independent Motorised Rifle Brigade. In September 2007 it became the 40th Independent Krasnodar-Harbin twice Red Banner Naval Infantry Brigade. This situation lasted until March, 2009 when it became the 3rd Naval Infantry Regiment, and later the 40th Naval Infantry Brigade.

Order of battle

It includes:
Ships and Vessels

114th Coastal Defence Brigade ;
117th Coastal Defence Division ;
66th Separate Missile Ship Division ;
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32nd Auxiliary Unit ;

Naval Infantry and Coastal Defence
40th Separate Naval Infantry Brigade ;
Coastal Defense units
520th Separate Missile Brigade ;

Eight surface-to-surface missile divizions, three on Sakhalin, two on Iturup Island, and three elsewhere

Aviation and Air Defence units

865th Separate Fighter Regiment ;
317th Separate Aviation Regiment
175th Helicopter Anti-ship Squadron ;
216th Electronic Warfare Regiment ;
1532nd Air Defence Regiment

Command

Commanders of the Flotilla

1945-1946 - Rear Admiral I. I. Baykov
1946-1948 - Rear Admiral N. I. Vinogradov
1951-1954 - Rear Admiral L. N. Panteleyev
1954-1959 - Rear Admiral G. I. Shchedrin
1966-1971 - Rear Admiral B. E. Yamkovoi
1971-1973 - Rear Admiral V. V. Sidorov
1973-1978 - Rear Admiral I. M. Kapitanets
1978-1980 - Vice-Admiral N. G. Klitniy
1980-1983 - Vice Admiral G. A. Khvatov
1983-1986 - Vice-Admiral D. M. Komarov
1986-1989 - Vice Admiral G. N. Gurinov
1989-1993 - Vice-Admiral Y. I. Shumarin
1993-1995 - Vice-Admiral V. T. Kharnikov
1995-1998 - Vice-Admiral V. F. Dorogin

Commander of the Northeastern Group of Troops and Forces

1998-2000 - Vice-Admiral V. F. Dorogin
2000-2001 - Vice-Admiral K. S. Sidenko
2002-2006 - Vice-Admiral V. F. Gavrikov
2006-2009 - Rear Admiral A. V. Vitko
2009-2012 - Rear Admiral K. G. Maklov
2012-2014 - Rear Admiral V. N. Liina
2014-2018 - Rear Admiral S. V. Lipilin
Since 2018 - Vice Admiral

Chiefs of Staff of the Flotilla

1948-1949 - Captain 1st Rank S.А. Kanapadze
1951-1957 - Rear Admiral M.G. Tomsk
1957-1963 - Rear Admiral A.B. Teishersky
1963-1968 - Rear Admiral Yu.S. Russin
1972-1976 - Rear Admiral N.G. Klitny
1984-1986 - Rear Admiral G.N. Gurinov
1986-1989 - Rear Admiral Yu.I. Shumanin
1989-1994 - Rear Admiral M.G. Kulak
1994-1995 - Rear Admiral V.F. Dorogin
1995-1998 - Rear Admiral M.L. Abramov

First Deputy Flotilla Commander

1976-1979 - Rear Admiral A.I. Skvortsov
1979-1982 - Rear Admiral N.G. Logky
1987-1991 - Rear Admiral N.D. Zakorin
1991-1994 - Rear Admiral V.F. Dorogin
1994-1998 - Rear Admiral M.G. Kulak