Leningrad Naval Base
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|partof = Baltic Fleet
|location = Saint Petersburg
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|caption = The Logo of the Leningrad Naval base
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|ownership = Russian Armed Forces
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|garrison = St. Petersburg
|current_commander = Rear Admiral Vyacheslav Rodionov
|past_commanders = Rear Admiral Anatoly Lipinsky
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The Leningrad Naval Base is part of the Baltic Fleet of the Russian Navy.
History
The Naval base was created on the basis of Order No. 117 as of March 15, 1919 of the Baltic Sea Fleet. The Naval Forces of Petrograd were transformed by the order into the Petrograd Naval Base.
The Petrograd, then the Leningrad naval base has since that time been sometimes abolished, reformed and again created.
In the summer of 1919, the crews of torpedo boats Gavril and Azard, and also the submarine {{ill|Russian submarine Pantera|ru|Пантера (подводная лодка)|lt=Pantera}} under {{ill|Aleksandr Nikolaevich Bakhtin|ru|Бахтин, Александр Николаевич (подводник)|lt=Aleksandr Bakhtin's}} command scored the first successes ('kills') for the base, sinking the submarine {{HMS|L55}} and the destroyer HMS Vittoria of the British Royal Navy.
During the Great Patriotic War from the headquarters of the naval educational institutions and fleet units a sea defence of Leningrad and Lake area headquarters was created. About 100,000 military seamen fought on the Leningrad front. In 1941-1944 naval vessels of this base participated in carrying out of landing operations in areas Strelna, Peterhof, on Lake Ladoga, in the Vyborg and in the Narva gulfs. During the blockade of Leningrad the fleet provided communication of the besieged city with the country through Lake Ladoga. 1.7 million tons of cargo were transported and 1 million people were evacuated on the water line of the Road of Life alone.
From October 1988 the base consisted of the:{{Cite web|url=http://www.ww2.dk/new/navy/BF.htm|title=Twice Red Banner Baltic Fleet}}
- 25th Submarine Brigade (Kronshtadt, Saint Petersburg)
- 105th Naval Region Protection Brigade (Kronshtadt, Saint Petersburg)
- 166th Brigade of Constructed and Overhauled Ships (Kronshtadt, Saint Petersburg)
Since 1994 the base has been part of the Baltic Fleet.
Ships in 2008
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! colspan=5 | Ship ! colspan=2 | Commander |
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| Type (and project)
! Name ! Active in the fleet ! Notes ! Captain's Rank ! Captain's Name |
| colspan=6 align="center" | 105th brigade of the ships of protection of water area (based in Kronstadt)
| Sergey Pinchuk[http://www.kommersant.ru/doc.aspx?fromsearch=2b626373-9d95-458a-8bde-860820efc586&docsid=856203 Журнал «Власть» № 7(760) от 25.02.2008] |
| colspan=6 align="center" | 109th battalion of the small anti-submarine ships
| Captain of 2nd rank |
| 1
| Project 1331M small anti-submarine ship | MPK-99 "Zelenodolsk" {{Langx|ru|МПК-99 «Зеленодольск»}} | 308 | since 1987 | Under repair | Captain of 3rd rank |
| 2
| Project 1331M small anti-submarine ship | MPK-192 "Urengoy" {{Langx|ru|МПК-192 «Уренгой»}} | 304 | since 1986 | |
| 3
| Project 1331M small anti-submarine ship | MPK-205 "Kazanets" (translate:Citizen of Kazan) {{Langx|ru|МПК-205 «Казанец»}} | 311 | since 1987 | | |
| colspan=6 align="center" | 22nd Minesweeper Division
| Captain of 2nd rank |
| 4
| Base minesweeper of project 12650 | BT-44 {{Langx|ru|БТ-44}} | 563 | since 1985 | | |
| 5
| Base minesweeper ship of project 12650 | BT-115 {{Langx|ru|БТ-115}} | 561 | since 1994 | |
| colspan=6 align="center" | 123rd separate submarines under repair battalion (based in Kronstadt) |
| 6
| Project 877 class diesel submarine | B-227 {{Langx|ru|Б-227}} | | since 1983 | | Captain of 2nd rank |
| 7
| Project 877EKM diesel submarine | B-806 {{Langx|ru|Б-806}} | | since 1986 | | Captain of 3rd rank |
| colspan=6 align="center" | 13th brigade of the under construction and repaired ships (based in Kronstadt)
| Sergey Petrovich Belonogy {{Citation needed|date=July 2009}} |
| 8
| diesel submarine of project 677 (Lada class submarine) | B-585 "Saint Petersburg {{Langx|ru|Б-585 «Санкт-Петербург»}}'' | | Formally as a part of fleet since 2007 | To be commissioned in 2010.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}} | |
| colspan=6 align="center" | 32nd Separate Division of Support Vessels (based in Priozersk) |
Commanders
During Soviet times, the post was known as the Commandant of the Kronstadt naval fortress.
- Admiral {{ill|Valentin Selivanov|ru|Селиванов, Валентин Егорович}} (December 1989 - September 1992)
- Vice Admiral {{ill|Vladimir Grishanov|ru|Гришанов, Владимир Васильевич}} (February 1993 - August 1995)
- Vice Admiral Alexander Kornilov (December 1995 - October 2002)
- Vice Admiral Vladimir Kudryavtsev (October 2002 - March 2006)
- Rear Admiral Alexey Tuzov (March - November 2006)
- Rear Admiral Anatoly Lipinsky (November 2006 - July 2009)
- Rear Admiral Aleksandr Fedotenkov (September 2009 - June 2011)
- Captain Oleg Zhuravlyov (December 2011 - May 2015)
- Rear Admiral Igor Smolyak (May 2015 - September 2017)
- Rear Admiral Vyacheslav Rodionov (since September 2017)
References
External links
- {{cite web|url=http://www.mil.ru/848/1045/1274/8948/8952/22811/39259/39262/index.shtml |trans-title=History of Leningrad Naval base |script-title=ru:Историческая справка (Ленинградская военно-морская база) |publisher= Official site of Ministry of Defence |language=ru |accessdate=2009-07-26 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091110114342/http://www.mil.ru/848/1045/1274/8948/8952/22811/39259/39262/index.shtml |archivedate=November 10, 2009 }}
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