NORTHERN FLEET

NAVY

CINC-- V.Adm Nikolai Maximov (ex commander of 12 sub sqn, ex-1st deputy CINC), appointed 19.11.2007. ex-CINC -- Vice-Admiral Vladimir Visotskiy, Northern Fleet, Commander since September 26, 2005.

MOD data: "Vladimir Visotskiy was born on 18 August 2005 in Ukraine.

A graduate of the Black Sea Higher Navy School (1976), Navy special officer courses (1982), he embarked on his career as a group leader, served as a combat compartment leader, assistant and senior assistant to cruiser commander and advanced up to senior assistant to commander of a heavy aircraft carrying cruiser with the Pacific Fleet.
Upon graduation from the Navy Academy in 1990 Alexander Visotskiy continued his service with the Pacific Fleet as commander of a heavy aircraft carrying cruiser, deputy commander and commander of a missile-armed ship division.

In 1999, he earned a degree at the General Staff Academy and assumed the office as the Northern Fleet Chief of Staff and first deputy commander of a diversified force flotilla.
Alexander Visotskiy was appointed as Baltic Fleet Chief of Staff and first deputy commander on August 20, 2005.
Vice-Admiral Vladimir Visotskiy was delegated the duties of Commander Northern Fleet on Sept. 26, 2005."


Ex-Commander Adm Mikhail Abramov (till aug, 05)
Previous COMMANDER --- SIMONENKO, Sergey, V-Adm (Interfax, 11 Sep 03).

? --- SUCHKOV, Gennady, Vice-Admiral, appointed (Moscow TV6, 5 Dec 01).


"MOSCOW. Sept 11 (Interfax-AVN) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has temporarily dismissed Northern Fleet Commander Admiral Gennadiy Suchkov on Defense Minister Sergey Ivanov's recommendation, the Kremlin press service told Interfax on Thursday. Previous media reports said that Suchkov had been suspended" (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 11 Sep 03). Suchkov's removal was "in connection with the deaths of the crew of the K-159 submarine in the Barents Sea on 30 August, Russian navy Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Kuroyedov has said" (Interfax, 11 Sep 03).

[Previous Commander POPOV, Vyacheslav Alekseyevich, Adm (ORT1, 10 Aug 00; Agentstvo voyennykh novostey, 27 Mar 00), was relieved following the Kursk investigation.( 03 Dec 01).]

[Following the report of the Procurator General investigating the sinking of the KURSK, the following were simultaneously relieved of duty and/or reprimanded:
Northern Fleet
Vice-Admiral Oleg Burtsev, commander of the Northern Fleet's submarine flotilla;
Rear-Admiral Valeriy Filatov, the flotilla's chief of staff;
Rear-Admiral Mikhail Kuznetsov, commander of a division;
Captain First Rank Viktor Kobelev, deputy commander of a division;
Vice-Admiral Yuriy Boyarkin,
Rear-Admiral Vladimir Khandobin,
Captain First Rank Aleksandr Teslenko,
[Chiefs of Northern Fleet directorates --- Rear Admiral Farit Zinnatullin, deputy commander of a flotilla;
Captain First Rank Ruben Karakhanov, commander of a Northern Fleet unit 03 Dec 01)].
Navy
Vice Admiral Nikolay Mikheyev,
Rear Admiral Gennadiy Verich,
Rear Admiral Valeriy Panferov 03 Dec 01)].
Deputy Commander: DOBROSKOCHENKO, Vladimir, V-Adm (Interfax, 05 Nov 00; Versiya, 16 Jun 03).
Deputy Commander (Armaments and Weapons Maintenance): SMOLYAKOV, Anatoliy, V-Adm (Agentsvo voyennykh novostey, Jan 00;

V-Adm, AVN, 8 Jun 00).

Military Procurator --- MULOV, Vladimir, Maj-Gen (Íîâîñòè-online (Ðåãèîí-Èíôîðì-Ìîñêâà), 4 Oct 02).

Main Staff
Chief of Staff --- SIMONENKO, Sergey, V-Adm (Channel One TV, 9 Sep 03).

Deputy Chief of Staff --- TREGUBOV, Oleg, R-Adm (Krasnaya Zvezda, 30 May 02).

[The previous Chief of Staff --- MOTSAK, Mikhail, V-Adm (Agentsvo voyennykh novostey, 26 Oct 00), (Rossiyskaya Gazeta 02 Jun 01). Was relieved following the Kursk investigation.( 03 Dec 01).]
Commander of an UI SSBN Formation --- POLOZHIY, Ivan Viktorovich, R-Adm (Krasnaya Zvezda, 18 Sep 01).

1st Nuclear Submarine Flotilla
Commander: ?

3rd Nuclear Submarine Flotilla
[Based at Yagelnaya bay of the Kola peninsula, (Agentsvo voyennykh novostey, 24 Apr 02).
Commander: SIMONENKO, Sergey, V-Adm (Agentsvo voyennykh novostey, 28Jan00)

5th Kirkenes Red Banner Missile-Armed Naval Aviation Division
(Morskoy Sbornik, Nov 02).
7th Nuclear Submarine Division
Deputy Commander: POVEDENOK, Leonid, Capt 1st Rank (RG, 12Sep00)

7th Surface Warship Squadron
Commander --- Maksimchuk, Aleksey, Rear-Admiral (Kommersant, 24 Mar 04).

43d Missile Ships Division
Commander --- Avakyants, Sergey, Rear-Admiral (Kommersant, 24 Mar 04).

61st Separate Kirkenes Red Banner Naval Infantry Brigade
(Structurally, the formation consists of 8 separate units and 13 separate subunits.) (Krasnaya Zvezda, 8 May 03)
Commander --- KLIMOV, Nikolay Ivanovich, Col (Krasnaya Zvezda, 8 May 03).

Aviation
Commander --- POPOV, Viktor, Maj-Gen (Interfaks 6 Aug 02).

V.Ch. 95404
[According to Izvestiya's information this is a Northern Fleet base where superannuated nuclear submarines are stationed (Izvestiya 28 Dec 01).]
Belomorsk naval base
Northern Fleet Training Center (ITAR-TASS, 15 May 01).
Cadres Directorate
Chief -- Kuznetsov, V., Rear-Admiral (Morskoy Sbornik, Nov 02).

Combat Training Directorate
Chief --- AGAFONOV, Valeriy, R-Adm (Krasnaya Zvezda, 17 Jan 03).

Ostrovnoy (Closed Administrative Territorial Entity) Submarine Base
Former active submarine base at the settlement of Gremikha on the Kola Peninsula. Now used for storage of 19 written off submarines (NTV 9 Jul 01).
Kola Flotilla
UI Mixed Forces Division [Kola Flotilla]
Commander --- KRYSOV, Yuriy, R-Adm (Krasnaya Zvezda 5 Apr 01).

Medical Service
Chief --- Val'skiy, V., Colonel of Medical Service (Morskoy Sbornik, Nov 02).

Procuracy, Military
Chief --- Mezenov, S., Colonel of Justice (Morskoy Sbornik, Nov 02).

Rear Services [Northern Fleet]
Chief of Staff --- BAGLAYEV, Anatoliy, R-Adm (Krasnaya Zzvezda, 19 Sep 01).

Severomorsk Naval Base (Agentsvo voyennykh novostey, 05Apr00)
SSBN "Kareliya"
Project 667-BDRM, built at Northern Machinebuilding Enterprise, Severodvinsk, Sep 1986. Summer 1996: left for extended under-ice cruise and surfaced at the North Pole on 14 June. (Agentsvo voyennykh novostey, 06Apr00)
[Previous Commander was BANNYKH, Mikhail, Capt 1st Rank (Agentsvo voyennykh novostey, 06Apr00).]
SSBN "Borisoglebsk"
Commander: YELEZOV, Nikolay, Capt 1st Rank (Agentsvo voyennykh novostey, 06 Apr 00)

SSBN "Verkhoturye"
· [Project 667-BDRM, commissioned in December 1984. Carried out seven combat patrol missions. Completed six-year repairs at the Zvezdochka State Machine-Building Enterprise in 2000. (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey 5 Jun 01).]

Commander --- Bannykh, Mikhail, Colonel (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey 5 Jun 01).

· [Earlier headed the submarine Karelia (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey 5 Jun 01).]

Vidyaevo Submarine Garrison
· (ITAR-TASS 24 Jun 01).