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{{Short description|Military unit of Russia}}
{{About|the Russian military unit}}
{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name                     = Northern Fleet
| native_name                   = {{langx|ru|Северный флот}}<br />Severnyy flot
| image                         = Great emblem of the Northern Fleet.svg
| image_size                    = 150px
| caption                       = Northern Fleet's emblem
| start_date                    = June 1, 1733;<br /> Soviet iteration: August 5, 1933
| country                       = {{flag|Russia}}
| branch                        = {{Naval|Russia}}
| type                          = Fleet
| role                          = Nuclear deterrence;<br />[[Naval warfare]];<br />[[Amphibious warfare|Amphibious military operations]];<br />Combat patrols in the Arctic/Atlantic;<br />Naval presence/diplomacy missions in the Atlantic and elsewhere
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* As of 2025: c. 42 surface warships; c. 35-38 submarines; numerous auxiliaries
** c. 12 major surface combatants (aircraft carrier, battlecruisers, cruiser, destroyers, frigates - aircraft carrier/some other vessels not operational)
** 7 minor surface combatants (light corvettes)
** 6 major amphibious ships ( of which 3 deployed in the Black Sea and participating in the Russo-Ukraine War; at least one seriously damaged)
** 10 mine countermeasures vessels
** 7 patrol vessels
** numerous support ships/auxiliaries
** 8 nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs)
** c. 15 nuclear-powered attack/cruise missile submarines (SSNs/SSGNs - some not operational)
** c. 3-6 diesel/electric-powered attack submarines (SSKs)
** c. 9 special operations submarines
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| command_structure             = {{navy|Russia}}
| garrison                      = {{Plain list|
* [[Severomorsk]] (HQ)
* [[Russian Shipyard Number 10|Polyarnyy]]
* [[Olenya Bay]]
* [[Gadzhiyevo]] (Yagelnaya/Sayda)
* [[Vidyayevo]] (Ura Bay and Ara Bay)
* [[Zapadnaya Litsa (naval base)|Bolshaya Lopatka]] (Litsa Guba)
* [[Gremikha]]
}}
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| battles                       = [[World War II]]
| anniversaries                 = May 11th
| decorations                   = [[File:Order of Red Banner.png|30px]] [[Order of the Red Banner]]
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| commander1                    = Vice-Adm. [[Konstantin Kabantsov]]
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| notable_commanders            = Adm. [[Vladimir Vysotskiy (Admiral)|Vladimir Vysotskiy]]<br /> Adm. [[Feliks Gromov]]<br />Adm. [[Ivan Kapitanets]]<br />Adm. [[Vladimir Chernavin]]<br /> Adm. [[Semyon Lobov (admiral)|Semyon Lobov]]<br /> Adm. [[Vladimir Kasatonov]]<br />Adm. [[Arseniy Golovko]]
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{{external media
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 |video1 = {{youTube|7L8pKSfJc88|Submarines of the Northern Fleet: The Beast Division – Part 1|}}
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The '''Northern Fleet''' ({{langx|ru|Северный флот}}, ''Severnyy flot'') is the [[Naval fleet|fleet]] of the [[Russian Navy]] in the [[Arctic]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://flot.com/nowadays/structure/north/|script-title=ru:Северный флот|website=flot.com|language=ru|trans-title=Northern Fleet|access-date=2016-05-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623072854/http://flot.com/nowadays/structure/north/|archive-date=2016-06-23|url-status=live}}</ref>

According to the Russian ministry of defence: "The Northern Fleet dates its history back to a squadron created in 1733 to protect the territories of the [[Russian Empire]], sea trade routes and fisheries in the [[White Sea]] near the coast of the [[Kola Peninsula]]. The order of the [[Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy]] of 25 May 2014 determined 1733 as the year of foundation of the Northern Fleet, and June 1 as its annual holiday".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eng.mil.ru/en/mcis/news/more.htm?id=12126665@egNews|title=The Northern Fleet is 284 years of its history : Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation|access-date=2021-06-05|archive-date=2021-06-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605120305/https://eng.mil.ru/en/mcis/news/more.htm?id=12126665@egNews|url-status=live}}</ref>

In its modern iteration, the [[Arctic Ocean Flotilla]] of the former Imperial Navy evolved into a full fleet of the [[Soviet Navy]] in 1933 as the Northern Flotilla. After being awarded the [[Order of the Red Banner]] in 1965, it was officially known as the '''Red Banner Northern Fleet'''. During the [[Soviet era]] the Northern Fleet operated more than 200 [[submarines]], ranging from [[diesel-electric submarine|diesel-electric]] to [[Nuclear submarine|nuclear-powered]] [[Ballistic missile submarine|ballistic missile]] classes.

On 1 December 2014 the fleet became the core element of the newly established [[Northern Fleet Joint Strategic Command]], including all [[Russian armed forces]] located in Murmansk and Arkhangelsk Oblasts and on Russia's offshore islands along its Arctic coast. It is co-equal in status with Russia's Military Districts. The Northern Fleet is tasked with responsibility for operations and defense in the Arctic seas along [[Northern Russia]], including the [[Barents Sea]] and [[Kara Sea]], as well as the northwestern maritime approaches to Russia including the Norwegian Sea and Atlantic Ocean.

The Northern Fleet's headquarters and main base are located in [[Severomorsk]], [[Murmansk Oblast]], with secondary bases elsewhere in the greater [[Kola Bay]] area. The current commander is Vice-Admiral [[Konstantin Kabantsov]], who was appointed to the position in April 2024. In June 2020, Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]] signed an executive order making the Northern Fleet an independent military-administrative entity, effective January 1, 2021.<ref name=WaPost>{{cite news|title=The Arctic Grows in Importance as Russia Establishes New Military District|url=https://warsawinstitute.org/arctic-grows-importance-russia-establishes-new-military-district/|publisher=Warsaw Institute|date=18 Jun 2020|access-date=5 October 2020|archive-date=28 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928160516/https://warsawinstitute.org/arctic-grows-importance-russia-establishes-new-military-district/|url-status=live}}</ref> That status was abolished on February 26, 2024 by a new presidential decree (effective since March 1, 2024) and fleet became part of the recreated [[Leningrad Military District]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 26.02.2024 № 141 ∙ Официальное опубликование правовых актов | website=publication.pravo.gov.ru | url=http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/document/0001202402260031?index=1 | ref={{sfnref | publication.pravo.gov.ru}} | access-date=2024-03-08}}</ref>

==History==
===Arctic Sea Flotilla and White Sea Flotilla===
On June 19, 1916, the [[Imperial Russian Navy]] formed the [[Arctic Ocean Flotilla]] (''Флотилия Северного Ледовитого океана'', or ''Flotiliya Severnogo Ledovitogo okeana'') during [[World War I]] to safeguard transportation routes of [[Allies of World War I|Allied]] ships through the [[Barents Sea]] from the [[Kaiserliche Marine]] of the [[German Empire]]. After the [[October Revolution]] and the collapse of the Russian Empire in 1917, the [[Soviet Navy]] replaced the Imperial Russian Navy and formed the White Sea Flotilla (''Беломорская флотилия'', ''Belomorskaya flotiliya'') in March 1920, based in [[Arkhangelsk]]. The White Sea Flotilla replaced the Arctic Sea Flotilla and was renamed as the Naval Forces of the North Sea, but was later disbanded in January 1923.

===Soviet Navy===
====Northern Flotilla====
The Northern Flotilla was formed on August 5, 1933, by transferring [[patrol boat]]s ''Smerch'' and ''Uragan'', [[Dekabrist class submarine|D-class submarines]] ''Dekabrist'' (D-1) and ''Narodovolyets'' (D-2)<ref name="polmar">Norman Polmar, ''Guide to the Soviet Navy'', Fourth Edition (1986), United States Naval Institute, Annapolis Maryland, {{ISBN|0-87021-240-0}}</ref> and two [[destroyers]] from the [[Baltic Fleet]] to [[Northern Russia]]. These ships departed from [[Kronstadt]] on 18 May 1933 and arrived at [[Murmansk]] on 5 August. Another destroyer, another patrol boat, another submarine, and two [[minesweeper]]s joined the flotilla at Soroka in September 1933. [[Russian Shipyard Number 10|Polyarny]] became the flotilla's main [[military base|base]], and a flight of [[Beriev MBR-2|MBR-2 flying boats]] joined the unit at Murmansk in September 1935.<ref name="polmar"/>

The Northern Flotilla was quickly expanded in the years after it was formed, receiving new ships, [[airfield]]s, [[coastal artillery|coastal]] and [[air defence]] artillery. On May 11, 1937, the fleet entered its current form when it was renamed to the Northern Fleet (''Северный флот'', ''Severnyy flot'').<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hill |first=Alexander |year=2007 |title= The birth of the Soviet Northern Fleet 1937–42 |journal=The Journal of Slavic Military Studies |volume=16 |issue=2 |pages=65–82 |doi=10.1080/13518040308430560 |s2cid=143506251 }}</ref>

====World War II====
The Northern Fleet blocked the [[Finland|Finnish]] military base at [[Pechengsky District|Petsamo]] through the [[Winter War]] of 1939 and 1940. By June 1941, the fleet included 8 destroyers, 15 submarines, 2 torpedo boats, 7 patrol boats, 2 minesweepers, and 116 airplanes.

In August 1940, the Soviets created the White Sea Military Base to defend the coastline, bases, ports, and other installations. The White Sea Flotilla was established in August 1941 under the command of [[Rear-Admiral]] M. Dolinin. Subsequent commanders were [[Vice Admiral]] [[Georgy Stepanov]] (in October), Rear-Admiral [[Stepan Kucherov]], and Vice-Admiral [[Yuriy Panteleyev (admiral)|Yuriy Panteleyev]].

[[Image:Kirkinesdesant.jpg|thumb|A Soviet landing party heading for [[Kirkenes]], [[Norway]]]]

During the [[German-Soviet War]] of 1941 to 1945, the Northern Fleet defended the coastlines of the [[Rybachy Peninsula|Rybachy]] and [[Sredny Peninsula|Sredny]] [[peninsula]]s, secured internal and external transportation routes, and provided support to the [[Sea|maritime]] [[Flanking maneuver|flank]] of the [[14th Army (Soviet Union)|14th Army]]. [[Naval Infantry (Russia)|Naval Infantry]] and up to 10,000 Northern Fleet [[personnel]] participated in [[land warfare]] including the [[Petsamo-Kirkenes Operation]] of 1944. Northern Fleet [[Naval Infantry (Russia)|Naval Infantry]] units caused tens of thousands of German casualties fighting during the Moscow, Leningrad, Stalingrad, and North Caucasus campaigns.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.burnlib.com/x/velikaya-otechestvennaya-voiyna-1941-1945-encsiklopediya/|title=Великая Отечественная война 1941-1945: Энциклопедия|website=www.burnlib.com|access-date=2012-07-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120524215827/http://burnlib.com/x/velikaya-otechestvennaya-voiyna-1941-1945-encsiklopediya/|archive-date=2012-05-24|url-status=usurped}}</ref>

Among the air units of the Northern Fleet was the 121st Fighter Aviation Regiment. The Northern Fleet was reinforced with naval [[aircraft]] and ships from the [[Pacific Ocean]] and [[Caspian Sea]]. [[Great Britain]] and the [[United States]] temporarily provided [[HMS Royal Sovereign (05)|HMS ''Royal Sovereign'']] and {{USS|Milwaukee|CL-5|6}} to the USSR in exchange for the [[Italy|Italian]] ships captured during the war and destined to be divided among the allies. During the war, the Northern Fleet secured safe passage for 1,463 ships in external [[convoy]]s and 2,568 ships in internal convoys.<ref name="ReferenceA">Great Soviet Encyclopedia/Большая Советская Энциклопедия; entry: Soviet Red Banner Northern Fleet.</ref>

Its submarines, torpedo boats, and aviation sank 192 enemy transport ships and 70 other hostile military ships. The Northern Fleet also damaged a total of 118 transport, military, and auxiliary ships.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> [[Soviet submarine K-21|Soviet submarine ''K-21'']], under the command of Captain [[Nikolai Lunin (admiral)|Nikolai Lunin]], attacked the German battleship ''[[German battleship Tirpitz|Tirpitz]]'' at 71° 22' 2"N, 24° 34' 3"E.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sovnavy-ww2.by.ru/articles/k21.htm |title=Данный домен возможно продается |access-date=2005-12-30 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051230081307/http://sovnavy-ww2.by.ru/articles/k21.htm |archive-date=December 30, 2005 }}</ref> The К-21 logbook reports observation of two torpedo explosions, but no damage is reported by German sources.

Ships were lost fighting against unequal odds. Patrol boat ''[[Tuman (Soviet patrol boat)|Tuman]]'', a former trawler, was sunk by three [[Kriegsmarine]] destroyers at the entrance to Kola Bay on August 4, 1941. The icebreaker ''[[Sibiryakov (1909 icebreaker)|Sibiryakov]]'' was sunk on August 25, 1942 by the German pocket battleship ''[[German cruiser Admiral Scheer|Admiral Scheer]]'' while defending two convoys. The patrol ship ''Brilliant'' (formerly trawler ''Murmany'') was sunk by a submarine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://militera.lib.ru/memo/russian/golovko_ag/08.html|title=ВОЕННАЯ ЛИТЕРАТУРА --[ Мемуары ]-- Головко А. Г. Вместе с флотом|website=militera.lib.ru|access-date=2012-07-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505215308/http://militera.lib.ru/memo/russian/golovko_ag/08.html|archive-date=2012-05-05|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Northern Fleet received the following awards:

* Two [[Airborne forces|airborne]] [[regiment]]s, a [[Squadron (naval)|squadron]] of submarine hunters, eight submarines, and the destroyer ''Гремящий'' (''Gremyaschiy'', or "Rattler") were awarded "[[Soviet Guards]]" status.
* Many [[Formation (military)|formation]]s, [[Military unit|unit]]s, and ships were awarded with [[Order (decoration)|Order honors]].
* Eighty-five sailors of the Northern Fleet received the title of the [[Hero of the Soviet Union]] (with three of them receiving the award twice).
* More than a total of 48,000 men were awarded [[medal]]s.

====Cold War====
The White Sea Flotilla was reestablished under the fleet in December 1945 and the White Sea Naval Base in December 1956.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lexicon.dobrohot.org/index.php/%D0%91%D0%95%D0%9B%D0%9E%D0%9C%D0%9E%D0%A0%D0%A1%D0%9A%D0%90%D0%AF_%D0%92%D0%9E%D0%95%D0%9D%D0%9D%D0%90%D0%AF_%D0%A4%D0%9B%D0%9E%D0%A2%D0%98%D0%9B%D0%98%D0%AF|title=БЕЛОМОРСКАЯ ВОЕННАЯ ФЛОТИЛИЯ — Лексикон КС|website=lexicon.dobrohot.org|access-date=2019-10-05|archive-date=2019-05-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502074434/http://lexicon.dobrohot.org/index.php/%D0%91%D0%95%D0%9B%D0%9E%D0%9C%D0%9E%D0%A0%D0%A1%D0%9A%D0%90%D0%AF_%D0%92%D0%9E%D0%95%D0%9D%D0%9D%D0%90%D0%AF_%D0%A4%D0%9B%D0%9E%D0%A2%D0%98%D0%9B%D0%98%D0%AF|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Northern Fleet was considered secondary to the Baltic and Black sea fleets until operational responsibility for the Atlantic Ocean was shifted in the 1950s because of more direct access.<ref name="polmar" />  In September 1955, the Soviet navy became the first to launch a [[ballistic missile]] from a submarine.  In June 1956, Northern Fleet {{sclass2|Zulu|submarine|1}}, (NATO designation Zulu IV 1/2) ''“Б-67”'' (B-67) became the first to carry  ballistic missiles.

The 2nd Cruiser Division was formed on 31 May 1956 at [[Severomorsk]], Murmansk Oblast.  Its ships included the {{sclass|Sverdlov|cruiser|1}}s (Project 68) {{ship|Soviet cruiser|Murmansk|1955|2}}, ''Aleksandr Nevskiy'', and ''Molotovsk'', and the 121st Destroyer Brigade, with 11 {{sclass|Gnevny|destroyer|5}}, {{sclass|Ognevoy|destroyer|5}}, and {{sclass|Skory|destroyer|0}} destroyers.<ref>Michael Holm, [http://www.ww2.dk/new/navy/2diplk.htm 2nd Anti-Submarine Warfare Division] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401131701/http://www.ww2.dk/new/navy/2diplk.htm |date=2012-04-01 }}, accessed October 2011</ref> On 5 June 1969, the division was reorganised with the 170th Destroyer Brigade (8 Project 56 destroyers) and the 10th Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade (10 Project 42 and 50 ASW vessels). On 1 April 1961, the division was renamed the 2nd Anti-Submarine Warfare Division.

On 1 July 1958, the Northern Fleet raised the Soviet Navy [[Ensign (flag)|ensign]] over the first Soviet [[nuclear submarine]], [[Soviet submarine K-3 Leninsky Komsomol|K-3 Leninskiy Komsomol]].  Following the 1958 voyage of [[USS Nautilus (SSN-571)#Operation Sunshine – under the North Pole|USS ''Nautilus'']], the ''Leninskiy Komsomol'' (named for [[Vladimir Lenin]]'s [[Komsomol]]) traveled [[Arctic voyage of Leninsky Komsomol|under the Arctic ice]] and surfaced at the [[North Pole]] on 17 July 1962.  Russian submarines have visited the North Pole region more than 300 times since then.  Two nuclear submarines of the Northern Fleet made a journey under the [[Sea ice|Arctic ice cap]] and reached the [[Soviet Pacific Fleet|Pacific Fleet]] for the first time in history in September 1963.<ref name="polmar"/>

More than 25 Soviet submarines did the same in the following years.  The Northern Fleet was awarded the [[Order of the Red Banner]] on 7 May 1965.  Two Northern Fleet submarines made a {{convert|25,000|nmi|adj=on|lk=in}} journey "around the world"  (actually only between the Kola Gulf and the base at Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy around South America) without surfacing in 1966.  The Northern Fleet had almost 50% of the Soviet Navy's submarines by 1986.<ref name="polmar"/>

From 1968 to 30 November 2005, the {{Interlanguage link|7th Operational Squadron|ru|7-я%20оперативная%20эскадра|WD=}} was the main Atlantic operational force of the fleet.  The Museum of the Air Forces of the Northern Fleet was opened on 20 August 1976, in the closed settlement of [[Safonovo, Murmansk Oblast]]. Aircraft carriers began entering service with the Fleet in the 1970s.  The lead unit of the Kiev class of heavy aircraft-carrying cruisers, {{ship|Soviet aircraft carrier|Kiev||2}}, became operational in 1977, and {{ship|Soviet aircraft carrier|Admiral Gorshkov||2}} was commissioned in 1987.  Large nuclear-powered missile-carrying cruisers, the {{Sclass|Kirov|battlecruiser}} and {{ship|Soviet battlecruiser|Kalinin||2}}, also entered service from 1980.  Fortification of the southern reaches of the [[Barents Sea]] during the 1980s marked a Soviet [[naval strategy]] shift to an emphasis on [[bastion (naval)|bastion]] defense.  Russia has continued to employ that strategy.

In 1982, the 175th independent [[Naval Infantry (Russia)|Naval Infantry]] Brigade was formed at Tumannyy, in [[Murmansk Oblast]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ww2.dk/new/navy/175obrmp.htm |title=175th independent Naval Infantry Brigade |publisher=Ww2.dk |access-date=2012-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528100534/http://www.ww2.dk/new/navy/175obrmp.htm |archive-date=2013-05-28 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1990, the 88th Separate Fighter Bomber Regiment, along with the rest of the [[36th Air Army]], was pulled out of [[Hungary]] along with the rest of the [[Southern Group of Forces]]. In order to save the unit, which had a distinguished history, from being disbanded under the [[Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe]], defence minister Marshal [[Dmitry Yazov]] transferred it to the Northern Fleet, which was not subject to the provisions of the treaty. In May 1990 the aircraft and personnel were moved to [[Olenya (air base)|Olen'ya Airbase]], near [[Olenegorsk, Murmansk Oblast]] where they operated in support of the [[Soviet Navy]].

In May 1994, after the Russian [[Ministry of Defence (Russia)|Ministry of Defence]] had ordered the retirement of the MiG-23/27 family, the unit was re-equipped with the [[Sukhoi Su-25]] and its aircraft were allowed to deteriorate, being stripped for scrap by the locals. It was then renamed the '''88th Independent Shipboard Attack Air Regiment'''.

===Russian Navy===
[[File:JSC Nortern Fleet, 2014.svg|300px|thumb|right|The area of Joint Strategic Command Northern Fleet as for 2014-12-15<ref>{{cite web|url=http://structure.mil.ru/structure/okruga/north/news.htm|title=Новости : Министерство обороны Российской Федерации|website=structure.mil.ru|access-date=2016-07-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160727111215/http://structure.mil.ru/structure/okruga/north/news.htm|archive-date=2016-07-27|url-status=live}}</ref>]]
An analysis of the Northern Fleet produced by Chatham House in the UK notes that: "After the fall of the Soviet Union, the Kremlin paid little attention to the Arctic. During the 1990s, the Russian Arctic was at best considered a burden fraught with socio-economic problems. Little was done there until an 'Arctic revival' began in the 2000s, focused on reinvesting in a region that had previously been abandoned for more than 15 years".<ref name="auto10">{{Cite web| url=https://www.chathamhouse.org/sites/default/files/2019-06-28-Russia-Military-Arctic_0.pdf | title=Russia's Military Posture in the Arctic - Managing Hard Power in a 'Low Tension' Environment | date=June 2019 | access-date=2020-08-21 | archive-date=2020-10-20 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020175804/https://www.chathamhouse.org/sites/default/files/2019-06-28-Russia-Military-Arctic_0.pdf | url-status=live}}</ref>

Units were disbanded in the 1990s including the 6th and 3rd Submarine divisions in addition to aviation units. Previous units also included the 1st Submarine Flotilla, and the 7th Submarine Division of nuclear attack submarines.<ref>Michael Holm, [http://www.ww2.dk/new/navy/3dipl.htm 3rd Submarine Division] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401131658/http://www.ww2.dk/new/navy/3dipl.htm |date=2012-04-01 }}, accessed October 2011</ref> In 1989 the Soviet Navy had nearly 200 nuclear submarines in operation of which two-thirds were said to belong to the Northern Fleet. By 1996, only half were still in service.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/agency/mf-north.htm|title=Northern Fleet – Morskoyo Flota ( Naval Force) – Russian and Soviet Nuclear Forces|website=fas.org|access-date=2020-10-09|archive-date=2020-09-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914214436/https://fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/agency/mf-north.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

The 57th Naval Missile Aviation Division of [[Tu-22]]s and electronic warfare [[Tu-16]]s from the [[Baltic Fleet]] at [[Bykhov]], [[Mogilev Oblast]], in the [[Byelorussian SSR]] transferred to the Northern Fleet in December 1991 as the 57th Combined Ship Aviation Division.<ref>Michael Holm, [http://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20force/division/bad/57tbad.htm 57th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401131648/http://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20force/division/bad/57tbad.htm |date=2012-04-01 }}, accessed October 2011</ref> The division commanded the 830th and 38th Shipborne Anti-Submarine Helicopter Regiments and the 279th Shipborne Fighter Aviation Regiment from [[Severomorsk-3 (air base)|Severomorsk-3]] in [[Murmansk Oblast]] until disbanded on 1 May 1998.<ref name="ww2.dk">{{cite web|url=http://www.ww2.dk/new/navy/279okshap.htm|title=279th independent Shipborne Assault Aviation Regiment|website=ww2.dk|access-date=8 April 2019|archive-date=14 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214225555/http://www.ww2.dk/new/navy/279okshap.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

The 5th Naval Missile Aviation Division commanding the 524th and 574th Naval Missile Aviation Regiments.  The 574th Regiment was based at [[Lakhta air base]] (Katunino), until disbanded in 2002. The [[100th Independent Shipborne Fighter Aviation Regiment]] (in February 1993) and its personnel and equipment absorbed by the [[279th Shipborne Fighter Aviation Regiment]].<ref name="ww2.dk"/>

On 12 August 2000, the [[Kursk submarine disaster|''Kursk'' submarine disaster]] gained international attention when the {{Sclass|Oscar|submarine}} [[Russian submarine K-141 Kursk|''Kursk'']] of the Northern Fleet perished in a torpedo accident during exercises in the Barents Sea near Murmansk Oblast, resulting in the deaths of 118 sailors.

Beginning in the early 2000s, however, a renewed emphasis was placed on modernizing the Russian Navy, including the Northern Fleet. As argued in the Chatham House analysis: "Moscow's intentions for the Arctic are not Arctic-specific, but are related to the Kremlin's global ambitions for reviving Russia as a great power. Russia's force posture in the Arctic is informed by the changing geopolitical environment around its strained relations with the West".<ref name="auto10"/>

In January 2016, Defence Minister [[Sergey Shoygu]] announced that the 45th Air Force and Air Defence Army had been formed under control of the Northern Fleet in December 2015. Its territorial control center assumed combat duty in July 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.interfax.ru/russia/492208|script-title=ru:В России появилась 45-я армия ВВС и ПВО Северного флота|date=29 January 2016|work=Interfax|language=ru|trans-title=In Russia, there is 45th Air Force and Air Defence Army of the Northern Fleet|access-date=29 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129201251/http://www.interfax.ru/russia/492208|archive-date=29 January 2016|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2018/0726/094547842/detail.shtml|title=На боевое дежурство заступил территориальный центр управления армии ВВС и ПВО Северного флота|date=26 July 2018|publisher=armstrade.org|access-date=4 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729230405/http://armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2018/0726/094547842/detail.shtml|archive-date=29 July 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> For a time the [[Northern Fleet Joint Strategic Command (Russia)|Northern Fleet Joint Strategic Command]] also incorporated the [[14th Army Corps (Russian Federation)|14th Army Corps]] under its command and maintained equal status to the other military districts of the Russian Armed Forces. Its jurisdiction was primarily within the northern region of European Russia and the Arctic Ocean.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thediplomat.com/2014/02/russia-to-establish-arctic-military-command/|title=Russia to Establish Arctic Military Command|first=Zachary|last=Keck|website=thediplomat.com|access-date=2020-10-02|archive-date=2020-10-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201007205229/https://thediplomat.com/2014/02/russia-to-establish-arctic-military-command/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Admiral Golovko project 22350 frigate to join Northern fleet of Russian Navy|url=https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2020/december/9407-admiral-golovko-project-22350-frigate-to-join-northern-fleet-of-russian-navy.html|access-date=2021-05-24|website=www.navyrecognition.com|archive-date=2021-04-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415181445/https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2020/december/9407-admiral-golovko-project-22350-frigate-to-join-northern-fleet-of-russian-navy.html|url-status=live}}</ref> However, in 2024 with the [[Finland–NATO relations|entry of Finland into NATO]], the Fleet's role was refocused on maritime operations with the 14th Army Corps being placed under the direct command of [[Russian Ground Forces]] and the fleet itself placed under the command of the [[Leningrad Military District]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Putins signs northwestern regions into Leningrad military district | website=The Barents Observer | date=26 February 2024 | url=https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/putins-signs-northwestern-regions-into-leningrad-military-district/163619|last= Nilsen |first=Thomas| access-date=19 September 2025}}</ref>   

The Northern Fleet includes about two-thirds of all the Russian Navy's nuclear-powered ships.  The flagship  {{Sclass|Kirov|battlecruiser}} ''[[Russian battlecruiser Pyotr Velikiy|Pyotr Velikiy]]'' is named after [[Peter I of Russia|''Peter the Great'']].  The Fleet staged a series of major Barents Sea exercises in January 2004 involving thirteen ships and seven submarines including ''Pyotr Velikiy'', ''Admiral Kuznetsov'', with President [[Vladimir Putin]] was aboard the [[Typhoon class submarine|Typhoon class]] ballistic missile submarine ''Arkhangelsk''.  The exercise was marred by two [[R-29RM Shtil|RSM-54]] [[SLBM]] launch failures aboard [[Russian submarine K-407 Novomoskovsk|''Novomoskovsk'']] and ''Kareliya''.<ref>Jane's Fighting Ships, 2004–05, p.29</ref>

[[File:Admiral Gorshkov frigate 01.jpg|300px|thumb|right|The Northern Fleet ships {{ship|Russian frigate|Admiral Gorshkov||2}} (foreground), {{ship|Russian destroyer|Severomorsk||2}}, and submarine {{ship|Russian submarine|Orel||2}}, 2018]]
Submarines have traditionally been the strongest component of the Northern Fleet. Several new classes of submarines are in production to replace older models including: [[Borei-class submarine|Borei/Dolgorukiy-class SSBNs]], [[Yasen-class|Yasen-class SSGNs]], [[Khabarovsk-class submarine|Khabarovsk-class SSGNs]] and [[Lada-class submarine|Lada-class conventionally-powered submarines]]. However, the existing nuclear-powered submarines of the Northern Fleet are also aging rapidly. It is currently unclear whether the new Yasen-class, and other potential follow-on models, can be produced in sufficient numbers, and on a timely basis, to replace aging older nuclear submarines on a one-for-one basis. In this regard, reports suggest that Russian third-generation nuclear submarines have not been modernized to a level to avoid block obsolescence before 2030.<ref name="auto8">{{Cite web|title=Russian Navy postpones upgrade of third-generation nuclear submarines|url=https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/focus-analysis/9055-russian-navy-postpones-upgrade-of-third-generation-nuclear-submarines.html|access-date=2021-05-24|website=Navy Recognition|language=en-gb|archive-date=2021-02-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225135949/https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/focus-analysis/9055-russian-navy-postpones-upgrade-of-third-generation-nuclear-submarines.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Northern Fleet has also received attention with respect to technological upgrades. In 2025 it was reported that Russia has likely deployed a network of sonar systems in the Barents Sea to detect submarines. The network, known as "Harmony", is reported to be composed of detection devices arrayed in an arc stretching from Murmansk, via [[Novaya Zemlja]] to [[Franz Josef Land]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Russia's Harmony Network – Operational Strength but Strategic Weakness |url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2025/10/russias-harmony-network-operational-strength-but-strategic-weakness/|access-date=28 October 2025|website=Naval News |language=en-gb|date=28 October 2025 |last=Frederik |first= Van Lokeren}}</ref>

With respect to aviation, the fleet has received new combat aircraft (deployed within the 45th Air and Air Defence Army), enhanced shore-based missile assets (both surface-to-surface and surface-to-air) as well as new systems such as the Samarkand electronic warfare systems in 2017 and the Barnaul-T air reconnaissance system in December 2021. Samarkand is designed to assess electromagnetic situation, search, detect and analyze radio emissions and Barnaul-T helps conduct reconnaissance round-the-clock.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tass.com/defense/1028219|title=Samarkand electronic warfare systems to be deployed in 13 Russian military units|website=TASS|access-date=4 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220230916/http://tass.com/defense/1028219|archive-date=20 December 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://tass.com/defense/1375313 |title=Russian Navy forces get latest Barnaul-T air reconnaissance system for Arctic operation - Military & Defense - TASS |access-date=2021-12-16 |archive-date=2021-12-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211216112819/https://tass.com/defense/1375313 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Russia's Northern Fleet in 2018 resumed regular air patrols of the Arctic by long-range anti-submarine aircraft and its share of modern samples of weapons and equipment exceeded 56 percent.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2019/0109/121550394/detail.shtml |title=ЦАМТО / Новости / Доля современных образцов техники и вооружения на Северном флоте превысила 56 проц |access-date=2019-01-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111175704/http://www.armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2019/0109/121550394/detail.shtml |archive-date=2019-01-11 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.armyrecognition.com/january_2019_global_defense_security_army_news_industry/russian_northern_fleet_arctic_brigade_trains_on_a-1_snow_vehicles.html | title=Russian Northern fleet Arctic brigade trains on A-1 snow vehicles &#124; January 2019 Global Defense Security army news industry &#124; Defense Security global news industry army 2019 &#124; Archive News year | date=15 January 2019 | access-date=2019-01-20 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121070512/https://www.armyrecognition.com/january_2019_global_defense_security_army_news_industry/russian_northern_fleet_arctic_brigade_trains_on_a-1_snow_vehicles.html | archive-date=2019-01-21 | url-status=live }}</ref> An air defense regiment of the Northern fleet armed with [[S-400]] SAM launchers went on combat duty in Novaya Zemlya in the September 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.armyrecognition.com/september_2019_global_defense_security_army_news_industry/russian_s-400_regiment_goes_on_combat_duty_in_novaya_zemlya.html|title=Russian S-400 regiment goes on combat duty in Novaya Zemlya &#124; September 2019 Global Defense Security army news industry &#124; Defense Security global news industry army 2019 &#124; Archive News year|website=www.armyrecognition.com|date=23 September 2019 |access-date=2019-10-05|archive-date=2019-12-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216203207/https://www.armyrecognition.com/september_2019_global_defense_security_army_news_industry/russian_s-400_regiment_goes_on_combat_duty_in_novaya_zemlya.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

While the Northern Fleet has traditionally emphasized the deployment of larger warships and submarines, new missile boats (of the [[Buyan-class corvette|Buyan/M]] and [[Karakurt-class corvette|Karakurt]] classes) have temporarily been able to deploy into Northern Fleet waters utilizing Russian internal waterways. In 2020, the Buyan-M class corvette ''Zelenyy Dol'' and the Karakurt-class corvette ''Odintsovo'' trained and conducted trials in Arctic waters having deployed to northern waters via the internal waterways. The deployment illustrated the Russian capacity to reinforce the Northern Fleet with cruise missile-armed light units, potentially drawn from the Russian Navy's two other western fleets (the [[Black Sea Fleet]] and the [[Baltic Fleet]]) or from the [[Caspian Flotilla]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/focus-analysis/naval-technology/9009-analysis-zeleny-dol-corvette-passes-successful-trials.html|title=Analysis: Zeleny Dol corvette passes successful trials|work=Navy Naval News Navy Recognition |access-date=2020-09-19|archive-date=2020-10-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016230938/https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/focus-analysis/naval-technology/9009-analysis-zeleny-dol-corvette-passes-successful-trials.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2021, the Karakurt-class corvette ''Sovetsk'' also made the transit from the Baltic to the White Sea for missile exercises.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/naval-news/naval-news-archive/2021/september/10641-russian-karakurt-class-corvette-sovetsk-test-fires-kalibr-cruise-missile.html|title=Russian Karakurt class corvette Sovetsk test-fires Kalibr cruise missile|work=Navy Naval News Navy Recognition |access-date=2021-09-01|archive-date=2021-09-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901115607/https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/naval-news/naval-news-archive/2021/september/10641-russian-karakurt-class-corvette-sovetsk-test-fires-kalibr-cruise-missile.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tass.com/defense/1340193|title=Russian Navy warship returns to home base after cruise missile firings in Arctic|access-date=2021-09-21|archive-date=2021-09-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921123803/https://tass.com/defense/1340193|url-status=live}}</ref>

Together with the Baltic and Black Sea Fleets, the Northern Fleet has also played a key role in sustaining the Russian navy's [[Mediterranean Sea Task Force]]. In August 2022, [[Italian Navy]] sources reported the detection of a nuclear submarine, reported to be the [[Yasen-class submarine]] [[Russian submarine Severodvinsk|''Severodvinsk'']], submerged in the Mediterranean Sea to the south of Sicily, making it the first Russian nuclear submarine in the Mediterranean since ''Kursk'' and ''Tomsk'' in 1999.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2022/09/new-intelligence-russia-sends-nuclear-submarine-to-mediterranean/ | title=New Intelligence: Russia Sends Nuclear Submarine to Mediterranean | date=2 September 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.slobodenpecat.mk/en/najmokjnata-ruska-nuklearna-podmornica-vplovi-vo-mediteranot/ | title=The most powerful Russian nuclear submarine has sailed into the Mediterranean - Free Press | work=Слободен печат | date=5 September 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBG9MWQfsG8 | title=Russian Sub Ops Special Briefing: Severodvinsk Enters Med | website=[[YouTube]] | date=4 September 2022 }}</ref> Since the closure of the [[Turkish Straits]] at the start of the [[Russo-Ukraine War]] in 2022, the Northern Fleet's role in helping to sustain the Mediterranean Sea Task Force has become that much more critical.

In late 2021 it was reported that the Russian Navy was considering the possible creation of a new fleet, termed the ''Arctic Fleet'', which would be oriented to employing "ships and special equipment suitable for the Arctic". The Northern and Pacific fleets would continue to focus on "combat missions". If established, it was envisaged that the ''Arctic Fleet'' would maintain infrastructure separate from the Northern and Pacific fleets.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://tass.com/defense/1346611 |title=Russia looks into Navy Arctic Fleet creation — source – Military & Defense – TASS<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2021-10-07 |archive-date=2021-10-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007152004/https://tass.com/defense/1346611 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Sites==
[[File:Map of Northern Fleet bases ENG.svg|thumb|A map of naval bases, shipyards and spent fuel storage sites operated by the Northern Fleet]]

The Northern Fleet's main base is [[Severomorsk]]. There are six more naval bases at [[Russian Shipyard Number 10|Polyarnyy]], [[Olenya Bay]], [[Gadzhiyevo]] (Yagelnaya/Sayda), [[Vidyayevo]] (Ura Bay and Ara Bay), [[Zapadnaya Litsa (naval base)|Bolshaya Lopatka]] (Litsa Guba), and  [[Gremikha]].  Civilian [[Arktika class icebreaker|''Arktika'']] nuclear-powered icebreakers are based at [[Murmansk]].  Shipyards are located in Murmansk, [[Severodvinsk]], [[Roslyakovo, Murmansk Oblast|Roslyakovo]], Polyarnyy, [[Nerpa, Russia|Nerpa]], and [[Malaya Lopatka]].  Spent fuel storage sites include Murmansk, Gremikha, Severodvinsk and [[Andreyeva Bay]].

==HQ Band==
[[File:Band of the Northern Fleet.jpg|thumb|The band in May 2017]]
The '''Military Band of the Northern Fleet''' ({{Langx|ru|Военный оркестр Северного флота}}) is a military band unit of the [[Russian Armed Forces]] that is a branch of the [[Military Band Service of the Armed Forces of Russia]]. It is based at the fleet HQ in [[Severomorsk]]. The band also takes part in national events and holidays in [[Russia]] such as the [[Victory Day (9 May)|Victory Day]] and [[Defender of the Fatherland Day]] holidays as well as the [[Navy Day (Russia)|Navy Day]] fleet parade. It has taken part in the ceremonial arrival of ships to the Northern Fleet Headquarters including the [[Russian destroyer Vice-Admiral Kulakov|''Vice-Admiral Kulakov'']]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Оркестр штаба Северного флота репетирует в походных условиях : Министерство обороны Российской Федерации|url=https://syria.mil.ru/news/more.htm?id=10465651@egNews|access-date=2021-05-24|website=syria.mil.ru|archive-date=2020-01-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200109180018/https://syria.mil.ru/news/more.htm?id=10465651@egNews|url-status=live}}</ref> and the [[USS Nicholas (DD-449)|''USS Nicholas'']].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=8400 |title=USS Nicholas Concludes Visit to St. Petersburg |access-date=2019-11-11 |archive-date=2019-12-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216202634/https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=8400 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

It had taken part in the funerals of many of the victims of the [[Kursk submarine disaster|''Kursk'' submarine disaster]] in the fall of 2000.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FnrIoD0kGfoC&q=Military+Band+of+the+Northern+Fleet&pg=PT118|title=Kursk Down: The Shocking True Story of the Sinking of a Russian Nuclear Submarine|first=Clyde|last=Burleson|date=December 14, 2008|publisher=Grand Central Publishing|isbn=9780446554565|via=Google Books}}</ref> In mid-March 2018, it took part in a competition at the [[Murmansk Nakhimov Naval School]], which was presided by Colonel [[Timofey Mayakin]], the Senior Director of Music of the [[Russian Armed Forces]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=На Северном флоте завершился смотр-конкурс военных оркестров : Министерство обороны Российской Федерации|url=https://structure.mil.ru/structure/okruga/north/news/more.htm?id=12166137@egNews|access-date=2021-05-24|website=structure.mil.ru|archive-date=2019-12-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216203159/https://structure.mil.ru/structure/okruga/north/news/more.htm?id=12166137@egNews|url-status=live}}</ref> In September of that year, the band as well as a band from [[Tromsø]], [[Norway]], where they performed "Norwegian March" and "[[Farewell of Slavianka]]" at the Murmansk Regional Philharmonic.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tass.ru/obschestvo/5615329|title=Оркестры Северного флота и Тромсё вместе исполнят норвежский марш и "Прощание славянки"|website=tass.ru|access-date=2019-11-11|archive-date=2019-11-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112095218/https://tass.ru/obschestvo/5615329|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mvestnik.ru/newslent/v-murmanske-sostoyalsya-sovmestnyj-koncert-orkestrov-shtaba-severnogo-flota-i-norvezhskogo-goroda-troms/|title=В Мурманске состоялся совместный концерт оркестров штаба Северного флота и норвежского города Тромсё|website=www.mvestnik.ru|access-date=2019-11-11|archive-date=2019-11-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191111012415/https://www.mvestnik.ru/newslent/v-murmanske-sostoyalsya-sovmestnyj-koncert-orkestrov-shtaba-severnogo-flota-i-norvezhskogo-goroda-troms/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Order of battle==
The Northern Fleet comprises the fleet's naval assets as well as the specific [[Russian Naval Infantry|naval infantry formations]] that are assigned to it. It also incorporates the aviation and air defence assets of the 45th Air Force and Air Defence Army.<ref name="auto7">{{Cite web|url=https://warsawinstitute.org/arctic-grows-importance-russia-establishes-new-military-district/|title=The Arctic Grows in Importance as Russia Establishes New Military District|date=June 18, 2020|access-date=October 5, 2020|archive-date=September 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928160516/https://warsawinstitute.org/arctic-grows-importance-russia-establishes-new-military-district/|url-status=live}}</ref> The fleet's previous status as a co-equal command with other Russian military districts was abolished on February 26, 2024 by a new presidential decree (effective since March 1, 2024) which transferred the Northern Fleet to the re-formed Leningrad Military District. All land forces of the fleet (apart from the naval infantry and coastal defence troops) were transferred back to the Ground Forces and Leningrad Military District.<ref>{{cite web | title=Russia's Northern Fleet loses status of strategic multi-service formation | website=TASS | date=2024-02-26 | url=https://tass.com/defense/1751711 | ref={{sfnref | TASS | 2024}} | access-date=2024-03-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Putins signs northwestern regions into Leningrad military district | website=The Barents Observer | date=26 February 2024 | url=https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/putins-signs-northwestern-regions-into-leningrad-military-district/163619|last= Nilsen |first=Thomas| access-date=19 September 2025}}</ref>  

In addition to units of the navy, additional capability in Arctic waters is provided by civilian icebreakers operated by the state-owned [[FSUE Atomflot|Rosatom company]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Росатом Госкорпорация "Росатом" ядерные технологии атомная энергетика АЭС ядерная медицина|url=https://rosatom.ru/production/fleet/|access-date=2021-05-24|website=rosatom.ru|archive-date=2021-04-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428081220/https://www.rosatom.ru/production/fleet/|url-status=live}}</ref> as well as other companies (Rosmorport, [[Gazprom Neft]]) and a [[Ilya Muromets (2016 icebreaker)|Project 21180 vessel built for the Russian Navy]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=These are Russia's new icebreakers|url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/ru/node/164|access-date=2021-05-24|website=The Independent Barents Observer|language=ru|archive-date=2021-01-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118205844/https://thebarentsobserver.com/ru/node/164|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Novinar|first=Novinar|date=2020-11-09|title=Russia's Navy is Getting New Icebreaker in 2022|url=https://russiabusinesstoday.com/environment/russias-navy-is-getting-new-icebreaker-in-2022/|access-date=2021-05-24|website=Russia Business Today|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-04-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414035419/https://russiabusinesstoday.com/environment/russias-navy-is-getting-new-icebreaker-in-2022/|url-status=live}}</ref> This icebreaker fleet, [[Nuclear-powered icebreaker#Russian nuclear icebreakers|which includes seven nuclear-powered vessels]] operated by Rosatom, has been described as "crucial to military access and operations".<ref name="auto10"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/arctic/2018/07/vyasheslav-ruksha-will-lead-newly-established-northern-sea-route-directorate|title=Vyacheslav Ruksha will lead the newly established Northern Sea Route Directorate|website=The Independent Barents Observer|date=24 July 2018 |access-date=2020-10-12|archive-date=2020-11-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112023132/https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/arctic/2018/07/vyasheslav-ruksha-will-lead-newly-established-northern-sea-route-directorate|url-status=live}}</ref> New nuclear-powered [[Project 22220 icebreaker|Project 22220]] icebreakers (four in service,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/arctic/2021/12/second-giant-nuclear-icebreaker-handed-over-rosatomflot|title=Second giant nuclear icebreaker handed over to Rosatomflot|website=The Independent Barents Observer|access-date=12 April 2022}}</ref> three more under construction as of 2025), and [[Project 10510 icebreaker|Project 10510]] (one vessel building) icebreaker, have entered service, or are under construction/planned, to augment and replace those in service.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/2023/03/moscow-lowers-ambitions-nuclear-icebreaker-program-will-not-build-fleet-new-super-powerful|title=Moscow lowers ambitions in nuclear icebreaker program, will not build fleet of new super-powerful vessels after all |publisher=The Barents Observer |accessdate=5 March 2023 |date=1 March 2023}}</ref>

The Navy, in turn, is procuring its own "lightened" class of [[Evpatiy Kolovrat (icebreaker)|Project 21180M icebreakers]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2020/november/9306-russian-navy-plans-to-commission-new-generation-of-icebreaker-ship-project-21180m-evpatiy-kolovrat-in-2022.html|title=Russian Navy plans to commission new generation of icebreaker ship Project 21180M Evpatiy Kolovrat in 2022|access-date=2020-11-23|archive-date=2020-11-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123101550/https://navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2020/november/9306-russian-navy-plans-to-commission-new-generation-of-icebreaker-ship-project-21180m-evpatiy-kolovrat-in-2022.html|url-status=live}}</ref> (which are two-thirds the displacement of the existing Project 21180 ship). The first vessel was deployed with the [[Pacific Fleet (Russia)|Pacific Fleet]] in early 2023 with plans for a new Arctic strategy having been formalized under the terms of a presidential executive order in October 2020. The icebreakers are designed to ensure the capacity of year-round navigation along the Northern Sea Route.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Putin decrees development of Arctic with more nuclear icebreakers : New Nuclear – World Nuclear News|url=https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Putin-decrees-development-of-Arctic-with-more-nucl|access-date=2021-05-24|website=www.world-nuclear-news.org|date=30 October 2020 |archive-date=2021-08-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815051849/https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Putin-decrees-development-of-Arctic-with-more-nucl|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/russias-icebreaker-fleet-about-get-bigger-and-more-dangerous-84706|title=Russia's Icebreaker Fleet Is About to Get Bigger and More Dangerous|first=Charlie|last=Gao|date=September 30, 2019|website=The National Interest|access-date=October 12, 2020|archive-date=October 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023000143/https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/russias-icebreaker-fleet-about-get-bigger-and-more-dangerous-84706|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/sites/default/files/atom-rapport_barents_observer_1.pdf |title=Nuclear Reactors in Arctic Russia: Scenario 2035 |work=The Barents Observer |access-date=2020-10-21 |archive-date=2020-09-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200917192048/https://thebarentsobserver.com/sites/default/files/atom-rapport_barents_observer_1.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> As of early 2024, the Northern Fleet has formed several new units.<ref>{{cite web | title=ВМФ России сформировал батальон морской пехоты для выполнения задач в Арктике | website=Центральный Военно-Морской Портал | date=2024-03-04 | url=https://flot.com/2024/%D0%A2%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9%D0%A4%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%8212/ | language=ru | ref={{sfnref | Центральный Военно-Морской Портал | 2024}} | access-date=2024-03-08}}</ref>

Further armed patrol capabilities in the Arctic, comprising up to 23 armed patrol vessels of various types, are provided by the [[Russian Coast Guard]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://russianships.info/eng/coastguard/|title=Russian Federation Coast Guard 2025 |website=Russian Ships Info|date=31 March 2025 |access-date=12 November 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2020/08/construction-starts-fsbs-large-icebreaking-patrol-vessel|title=Construction starts for FSB's large icebreaking patrol vessel|website=The Independent Barents Observer|date=August 2020 |access-date=2020-10-13|archive-date=2020-10-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016155908/https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2020/08/construction-starts-fsbs-large-icebreaking-patrol-vessel|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2019/12/russian-coast-guard-receives-new-ice-strengthened-patrol-vessel|title=Russian coast guard receives new ice strengthened patrol vessel|website=The Independent Barents Observer|date=30 December 2019 |access-date=2020-10-16|archive-date=2020-10-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019080436/https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2019/12/russian-coast-guard-receives-new-ice-strengthened-patrol-vessel|url-status=live}}</ref>

As of  2025, the Northern Fleet comprises about 35 surface warships (including major surface combatants, light corvettes, mine counter-measures vessels and amphibious units), though some units (including the aircraft carrier ''Kuznetsov'' and some other major surface vessels) are under repair or otherwise not operational. Additional lighter patrol units, support ships and auxiliaries are also deployed. The Fleet also includes around 37 submarines (including ballistic missile submarines, cruise missile submarines, special purpose submarines as well as nuclear and conventional attack submarines). As with the surface fleet, some submarines are not operational; others are in reserve and inactive. Nevertheless, programs to modernize the Russian Navy are continuing with the Northern Fleet traditionally having a priority focus with respect to major combatants.<ref name="auto10"/>

===Submarines===
'''[[SSBN]]s''': 31st Submarine Division (Yagelnaya Bay, Sayda Inlet)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/newest-nuclearweapons-carrier-arrives-in-home-base-gadzhievo/434315|title=Newest nuclear-weapons carrier arrives in home base Gadzhievo|website=The Barents Observer|access-date=11 September 2025 |date=4 August 2025 |last=Nilsen |first=Thomas}}</ref> 
* [[Delta-class submarine|Delta IV-class SSBN]]s: (Delta IVs reportedly being incrementally withdrawn as ''Borei''-class boats - in the Arctic and the Pacific - enter service and achieve full operational capability)<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2021/04/northern-fleet-starts-removing-oldest-ballistic-missile-subs|title=Northern Fleet starts removing oldest ballistic missile subs|date=28 April 2021 |access-date=2021-04-28|archive-date=2021-04-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428124429/https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2021/04/northern-fleet-starts-removing-oldest-ballistic-missile-subs|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Russian submarine Karelia (K-18)|''Karelia'' (K-18)]] (undergoing major modernization as of 2025)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/upgraded-nuclear-missile-sub-conducts-tests-in-icy-waters/422800|title=Upgraded nuclear missile sub conducts tests in icy waters |website=The Barents Observer |last=Nilsen |first=Thomas |date=8 January 2025 |access-date=11 September 2025}}</ref><ref name="thebarentsobserver.com">{{Cite web|url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/2022/02/these-weapons-were-used-putins-nuclear-thunder-exercise|title=These weapons were used in Putin's nuclear thunder exercise|website=The Independent Barents Observer|date=19 February 2022 |access-date=12 April 2022}}</ref>
** [[Russian submarine Verkhoturye (K-51)|''Verkhoturye'' (K-51)]] (active as of 2025)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/warships-and-submarines-staged-show-in-barents-sea-for-general-staff/430858|title=Warships and submarines staged show in Barents Sea for General Staff|website=The Barents Observer|access-date=11 September 2025 |date=2 June 2025 |last= Staalesen |first=Atle}}</ref><ref name="russianmilitaryanalysis.wordpress.com">{{Cite web|url=https://russianmilitaryanalysis.wordpress.com/|title=Russia Military Analysis|website=Russia Military Analysis|access-date=12 April 2022}}</ref>
** [[Russian submarine Tula (K-114)|''Tula'' (K-114)]] (active as of 2025)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/upgraded-nuclear-missile-sub-conducts-tests-in-icy-waters/422800|title=Upgraded nuclear missile sub conducts tests in icy waters |website=The Barents Observer |last=Nilsen |first=Thomas |date=8 January 2025 |access-date=11 September 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2022/10/russia-tested-all-legs-nuclear-triad-over-arctic|title=Russia tested all legs of nuclear triad over the Arctic|website=The Independent Barents Observer |date=26 October 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2017/03/30-years-old-submarine-ready-re-launch|title=30 years old sub with 64 nuclear warheads ready for re-launch|work=The Independent Barents Observer |access-date=2020-10-21|archive-date=2020-10-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026031954/https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2017/03/30-years-old-submarine-ready-re-launch|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Russian submarine K-117 Bryansk|''Bryansk'' (K-117)]] (completed major refit/upgrade in 2024; active as of 2025)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/upgraded-nuclear-missile-sub-conducts-tests-in-icy-waters/422800|title=Upgraded nuclear missile sub conducts tests in icy waters |website=The Barents Observer |last=Nilsen |first=Thomas |date=8 January 2025 |access-date=11 September 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://navy-korabel.livejournal.com/257457.html|title=Боевые корабли основных классов ВМФ России на 01.01.2022|website=Navy-korabel.livejournal.com|date=3 January 2022|access-date=12 April 2022}}</ref>
** [[RFS Novomoskovsk (K-407)|''Novomoskovsk'' (K-407)]] (active as of 2025)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/upgraded-nuclear-missile-sub-conducts-tests-in-icy-waters/422800|title=Upgraded nuclear missile sub conducts tests in icy waters |website=The Barents Observer |last=Nilsen |first=Thomas |date=8 January 2025 |access-date=11 September 2025}}</ref>
* [[Borei class|Borei-class]] SSBNs: 
** [[Russian submarine Yury Dolgorukiy|''Yury Dolgorukiy'' (K-535)]] (prolonged maintenance/refit started in 2024)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/russias-borei-class-submarine-out-service-maybe-3-years-or-more-212587 |title=Russia's Borei-class Submarine: 'Out of Service' for Maybe 3 Years (Or More) |website=The National Interest |last= Suciu |first=Peter |date=4 September 2024 |access-date=11 September 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ria.ru/defense_safety/20130110/917627314.html|title="Юрий Долгорукий" вошел в состав 31-й дивизии подлодок Северного флота|work=РИА Новости |date=10 January 2013|access-date=11 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130111152011/http://ria.ru/defense_safety/20130110/917627314.html|archive-date=11 January 2013|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="auto5">{{Cite web|url=https://caspiannews.com/news-detail/russian-navy-to-get-new-nuclear-powered-submarine-this-year-2020-7-1-0/|title=Russian Navy To Get New Nuclear-Powered Submarine This Year|website=caspiannews.com|access-date=2020-09-28|archive-date=2020-11-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107102557/https://caspiannews.com/news-detail/russian-navy-to-get-new-nuclear-powered-submarine-this-year-2020-7-1-0/|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Russian submarine Knyaz Vladimir|''Knyaz Vladimir'' (K-549)]] (active as of 2021)<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=http://www.hisutton.com/Russian-Navy-Submarines-Surface-In-Artic.html|title=H I Sutton – Covert Shores|access-date=2021-03-28|archive-date=2021-03-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210326211813/http://www.hisutton.com/Russian-Navy-Submarines-Surface-In-Artic.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tass.com/defense/1167175|title=Newest nuclear-powered sub enters service with Russian Navy|website=TASS|access-date=2020-06-23|archive-date=2020-06-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619003349/https://tass.com/defense/1167175|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="auto5"/>
** [[Russian submarine Knyaz Pozharskiy|''Knyaz Pozharskiy'' (K-555)]] (active)<ref>{{cite journal | last=Podvig | first=Pavel | title=Knyaz Pozharsky submarine transferred to the Russian navy | journal=Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces | date=2025-07-24 | url=https://russianforces.org/blog/2025/07/knyaz_pozharsky_submarine_tran.shtml | access-date=2025-07-26}}</ref>

'''[[SSGN]]s''': 11th Division, Zaozersk
* [[Oscar-class submarine|Oscar II-class]] SSGNs:
**[[Russian submarine Orel (K-266)|''Orel'' (K-266)]] (active as of 2025)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/world-largest-cruise-missile-russian-nuclear-attack-submarine|title=World's Largest Cruise Missile Launched By Russian Nuclear Attack Submarine with Ground and Surface Support|website=Military Watch Magazine|access-date=2025-09-12 |date=29 July 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.urdupoint.com/en/world/russian-submarine-orel-hits-surface-target-in-1055892.html|title=Russian Submarine Orel Hits Surface Target In Barents Sea With Granit Missile – Navy|website=UrduPoint|access-date=2020-10-14|archive-date=2020-10-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016084351/https://www.urdupoint.com/en/world/russian-submarine-orel-hits-surface-target-in-1055892.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://structure.mil.ru/structure/forces/navy/news/more.htm?id=12370373@egNews|title=Впервые в Главном военно-морском параде примут участие сразу три атомные подводные лодки : Министерство обороны Российской Федерации|access-date=2021-07-06|archive-date=2021-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709190819/https://structure.mil.ru/structure/forces/navy/news/more.htm?id=12370373@egNews|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Russian submarine Smolensk (K-410)|''Smolensk'' (K-410)]] (active as of 2022)<ref name="tass.com">{{cite web | url=https://tass.com/defense/1468249 | title='Severodvinsk,' 'Smolensk' submarines practice fire cruise missiles in Barents Sea }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2019/08/russian-navy-group-nuclear-sub-sail-north-along-coast-norway|title=Russian navy group, nuclear sub, sail north along coast of Norway|website=The Independent Barents Observer|date=3 August 2019 |access-date=2020-08-29|archive-date=2020-08-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806035333/https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2019/08/russian-navy-group-nuclear-sub-sail-north-along-coast-norway|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Yasen-class submarine|Yasen-class]] SSGNs: (all active as of 2025)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/all-three-northern-fleet-yasen-submarines-at-sea-as-us-carrier-group-sails-outside-northern-norway/435744|title=All three Northern Fleet Yasen submarines at sea as U.S. carrier group sails outside northern Norway|website=The Barents Observer |date=27 August 2025 |last=Nilsen |first=Thomas |access-date=12 September 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2020/june/8577-russian-navy-northern-fleet-prepares-to-accept-arkhangelsk-yasen-m-cruise-missile-submarine.html|title=Russian Navy Northern fleet prepares to accept Arkhangelsk Yasen-M cruise missile submarine|access-date=2020-08-31|archive-date=2021-01-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127033107/https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2020/june/8577-russian-navy-northern-fleet-prepares-to-accept-arkhangelsk-yasen-m-cruise-missile-submarine.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Russian submarine Severodvinsk (K-560)|''Severodvinsk'' (K-560)]] (active)
** [[Russian submarine Kazan (K-561)|''Kazan'' (K-561)]] (active)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/11321447|title=Подводный ракетный крейсер "Казань" вошел в состав ВМФ|access-date=2021-05-07|archive-date=2021-05-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507110900/https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/11321447|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Russian submarine Arkhangelsk (K-564)|''Arkhangelsk'' (K-564)]] (active)<ref>{{cite web | title=Project 885M latest nuclear-powered submarine Arkhangelsk joins Russian Navy | website=TASS | date=2024-12-27 | url=https://tass.com/defense/1894379 | ref={{sfnref|TASS|2024}} | access-date=2024-12-30}}</ref>
'''[[Nuclear Submarine|SSN]]s''' 
* [[Akula-class submarine|''Akula''-class SSNs]]: 12th Squadron, [[Gadzhiyevo]]; [[24th Submarine Division (Russia)|24th Submarine Division]]
** [[Russian submarine Pantera (K-317)|''Pantera'' (K-317)]] (status unclear; may be in reserve)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://navy-korabel.livejournal.com/261343.html|title=Боевые корабли основных классов ВМФ России на 01.04.2022|date=1 April 2022|language=ru|website=livejournal.com}}</ref>
** [[Russian submarine Gepard (K-335)|''Gepard'' (K-335)]] (only 971M variant of the class; reported active as of 2025)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.19fortyfive.com/2025/07/russias-akula-class-nuclear-submarine-was-built-to-hunt-the-u-s-navy/ | title=Russia's Akula-Class Nuclear Submarine Was Built to 'Hunt' the U.S. navy |website=19fortyfive | date=7 July 2025 |access-date=15 September 2025 |last=Kazianis |first=Harry }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tass.com/defense/1304201|title=Russian Navy Akula-class sub hits enemy submarine in Arctic drills|access-date=2021-06-17|archive-date=2021-06-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210617153509/https://tass.com/defense/1304201|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Russian submarine Tigr (K-154)|''Tigr'' (K-154)]] (in refit in the early 2020s;<ref name="auto6">{{Cite web|url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2020/02/russian-navy-akula-class-submarine-k-154-tigr-to-complete-overhaul-in-2023/|title=Russian Navy Akula-class Submarine K-154 Tigr to Complete Overhaul in 2023|first=Xavier|last=Vavasseur|date=February 4, 2020|access-date=August 22, 2020|archive-date=August 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815023056/https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2020/02/russian-navy-akula-class-submarine-k-154-tigr-to-complete-overhaul-in-2023/|url-status=live}}</ref> being equipped with [[3M-54 Kalibr]] cruise missiles)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/naval-news/naval-news-archive/2022/july/11931-russian-akula-class-submarine-tigr-to-be-armed-with-kalibr-missiles.html | title=Russian Akula class submarine Tigr to be armed with Kalibr missiles | work=Navy Naval News Navy Recognition }}</ref>
** [[Russian submarine Volk (K-461)|''Volk'' (K-461)]] (inactive; reported in refit and upgrade until 2028, including arming with Kalibr cruise missiles)<ref>{{Cite web|date=6 January 2021|title=Source: the submarine "Wolf" with "Caliber" will return to the Navy in 2023|url=https://vpk.name/en/476272_source-the-submarine-wolf-with-caliber-will-return-to-the-navy-in-2023.html|website=Novosti VPK}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=14 August 2014|title=Подлодка "Волк" отправилась на ремонт|trans-title=Submarine "Wolf" went for repair|url=http://flotprom.ru/news/?ELEMENT_ID=169827|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104014626/http://flotprom.ru/news/?ELEMENT_ID=169827|archive-date=2018-01-04|access-date=2017-07-16|website=flotprom.ru|language=ru}}</ref><ref name="iz.ru">{{cite web|date=28 April 2017|title=Бесшумные "Суперакулы" вооружили "Калибрами"|trans-title=Silent "Superakuly" armed with "Calibers"|url=http://iz.ru/news/686063|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716154915/http://iz.ru/news/686063|archive-date=16 July 2017|access-date=16 July 2017|work=[[Izvestia]]|language=ru}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/20155785|title=Источник: возвращение АПЛ "Волк" в боевой состав Северного флота планируется на 2028 год|date=5 March 2024|language=ru|website=TASS}}</ref><ref name="auto13">{{Cite web|url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2020/03/first-modernized-akula-attack-submarine-returns-northern-fleet|title=First modernized Akula attack submarine returns to Northern Fleet|website=The Independent Barents Observer|date=24 March 2020 |access-date=2020-08-31|archive-date=2020-08-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811132020/https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2020/03/first-modernized-akula-attack-submarine-returns-northern-fleet|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="auto8"/> 
** [[Russian submarine Vepr (K-157)|''Vepr'' (K-157)]] (Identified as sole Project 971A variant within the ''Akula''-class; reported active as of 2025)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.19fortyfive.com/2025/07/russias-akula-class-nuclear-submarine-was-built-to-hunt-the-u-s-navy/ | title=Russia's Akula-Class Nuclear Submarine Was Built to 'Hunt' the U.S. navy |website=19fortyfive | date=7 July 2025 |access-date=15 September 2025 |last=Kazianis |first=Harry }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.navylookout.com/royal-navy-shadows-russian-attack-submarines-from-the-arctic-into-the-north-sea/ | title=Royal Navy shadows Russian attack submarines from the Arctic into the North Sea &#124; Navy Lookout | date=22 July 2022 }}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref name="auto6"/><ref name="auto13"/>
** [[Russian submarine Leopard (K-328)|''Leopard'' (K-328)]] (refit and upgrade as of the early 2020s;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tass.com/defense/1240017|title=Russian shipyard floats out nuclear-powered Akula-class sub after upgrade|access-date=2020-12-26|archive-date=2020-12-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201226074346/https://tass.com/defense/1240017|url-status=live}}</ref> being armed with [[3M-54 Kalibr]] cruise missiles<ref name="auto13"/><ref name="auto8"/>)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2021/12/after-ten-years-shipsyard-nuclear-sub-leopard-soon-sail|title=After ten years at yard, nuclear sub "Leopard" is soon to sail|website=The Independent Barents Observer|access-date=12 April 2022|archive-date=23 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523171127/https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2021/12/after-ten-years-shipsyard-nuclear-sub-leopard-soon-sail|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Sierra-class submarine|Sierra II-class SSN]]s (7th Division, Vidyaevo)<ref name=KV>Kommersant VLAST No.7(760), 25 Feb 2008</ref> (both said to be in reserve awaiting repairs as of 2024):<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-21 |title=ТАСС: ремонт двух атомных подлодок проекта 945А еще не начался |url=http://flotprom.ru/2024/%C7%E2%E5%E7%E4%EE%F7%EA%E03/ |access-date=2025-09-18 |website=ФлотПром |language=ru}}</ref>
** ''Nizhniy Novgorod'' (B-534)<ref name=KV /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nationalsecurityjournal.org/russias-sierra-ii-class-titanium-submarines-were-built-for-1-mission/|title=Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and MoreRussia's Sierra II-Class 'Titanium' Submarines Were Built for 1 Mission|website=National Security Journal|access-date=15 September 2025 |date=11 June 2025 |last=Seitz |first=Isaac}}</ref><ref name="auto4">{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hisutton/2019/10/26/russian-submarines-to-test-new-weapons-off-norway/|title=Russian Submarine May Test New Weapons Off Norway This Week|first=H. I.|last=Sutton|website=Forbes.com|access-date=2020-08-24|archive-date=2020-08-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805144521/https://www.forbes.com/sites/hisutton/2019/10/26/russian-submarines-to-test-new-weapons-off-norway/|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[RFS Pskov (K-336)|''Pskov'' (K-336)]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nationalsecurityjournal.org/russias-sierra-ii-class-titanium-submarines-were-built-for-1-mission/|title=Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and MoreRussia's Sierra II-Class 'Titanium' Submarines Were Built for 1 Mission|website=National Security Journal|access-date=15 September 2025 |date=11 June 2025 |last=Seitz |first=Isaac}}</ref><ref name="auto4"/>
* [[Victor-class submarine|Victor-III-class SSNs]] (7th Division):
** [[Victor-class submarine|''Obninsk'' (K-138)]] (may be in refit; reported active as of 2017)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.deepstorm.ru/DeepStorm.files/45-92/nts/671RTM/K-138/K-138.htm |title=К-138, Б-138, "Обнинск" проект 671РТМК |trans-title=K-138, B-138, "Obninsk" project 671RTMK |website=Deepstorm.ru |language=ru |access-date=2017-08-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815061125/http://www.deepstorm.ru/DeepStorm.files/45-92/nts/671RTM/K-138/K-138.htm |archive-date=2017-08-15 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/submarine-strike-why-did-russian-nuclear-submarine-fire-torpedo-another-russian-sub-46792|title=Submarine Strike: Why Did a Russian Nuclear Submarine Fire a Torpedo at Another Russian Sub?|first=Dave|last=Majumdar|date=March 11, 2019|website=The National Interest|access-date=October 2, 2020|archive-date=September 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924060119/https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/submarine-strike-why-did-russian-nuclear-submarine-fire-torpedo-another-russian-sub-46792|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Victor-class submarine|''Tambov'' (K-448)]] (active as of 2024;<ref>{{Cite web  |date=17 July 2024 |title=Baltic Sea 'Hop and Go' of a Russian Navy task force |language=en |work=Marine Forum |url=https://marineforum.online/en/baltic-hop-and-go-of-a-task-force-of-the-russian-navy/ |access-date=16 September 2025}}</ref> completed prolonged refit in 2022/23)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/nuclear-sub-returns-to-russian-arctic-base-after-7-years-upgrade/162767|title=Nuclear sub returns to Russian Arctic base after 7 years upgrade|website=The Independent Barents Observer |date=3 January 2023 |access-date=15 September 2025 |last=Staalesen |first=Atle}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2020/10/old-nuclear-sub-gets-new-life-nerpa-shipyard|title=Old nuclear sub gets new life at Nerpa shipyard|website=The Independent Barents Observer|date=5 October 2020 |access-date=2020-10-06|archive-date=2020-10-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009015403/https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2020/10/old-nuclear-sub-gets-new-life-nerpa-shipyard|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2023/0320/091572247/detail.shtml | title=ЦАМТО / / Российские подводники получат в 2023 году три атомные подводные лодки и две ДЭПЛ }}</ref>
'''[[Attack Submarine|SSKs]]''' (4th Submarine Flotilla, [[Polyarny, Murmansk Oblast|Polyarny]] ([[:ru:Полярный (пункт базирования)|ru]]); <ref name="KV"/> 161st Submarine Division):<ref>{{cite web | url=https://seawaves.com/?p=23597 | title=Project 677 Kronstadt Assigned to Northern Fleet – SeaWaves Magazine | access-date=2022-08-02 | archive-date=2022-08-08 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808230633/https://seawaves.com/?p=23597 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Kilo-class submarine|Kilo-class (diesel/electric) submarine]]s:
** ''Kaluga'' (B-800) (active as of 2025)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.zona-militar.com/en/2025/06/17/the-russian-navys-kilo-class-attack-submarine-kaluga-arrived-in-polyarny-after-a-long-range-deployment/|title=The Russian Navy's Kilo-class attack submarine Kaluga arrived in Polyarny after a long-range deployment |website=Zona Militar |access-date=15 September 2025 |date=17 June 2025}}</ref><ref name="structure.mil.ru">{{Cite web |url=https://structure.mil.ru/structure/forces/navy/news/more.htm?id=12405696@egNews |title=Малые противолодочные корабли Северного флота отработали поиск и атаку подводной лодки в Баренцевом море : Министерство обороны Российской Федерации |access-date=2022-01-28 |archive-date=2022-01-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128130020/https://structure.mil.ru/structure/forces/navy/news/more.htm?id=12405696@egNews |url-status=dead }}</ref>
** ''Vladikavkaz'' (B-459) (active as of 2021)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/russian-nuclear-submarine-lost-propulsion-in-danish-waters-sails-submerged-outside-norway-now/160462|title=Russian nuclear submarine lost propulsion in Danish waters, sails submerged outside Norway now |website=Barents Observer |access-date=15 September 2025 |date=4 August 2021 |last=Nilsen |first=Thomas }}</ref> 
** ''Magnitogorsk'' (B-471) (status unclear)
** ''Lipetsk'' (B-177) (status unclear)
*[[Lada-class submarine|Lada-class]] conventional propulsion (diesel/electric) submarines:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://navalnews.net/no-plans-to-equip-russian-lada-class-submarines-with-aip-constructor/|title=No Plans To Equip Russian Lada-Class Submarines With AIP-Constructor|first=Dorian|last=Archus|date=December 17, 2019|access-date=September 4, 2020|archive-date=September 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923162014/https://navalnews.net/no-plans-to-equip-russian-lada-class-submarines-with-aip-constructor/|url-status=live}}</ref> 
** ''Kronshtadt'' (B-586) (entered service in 2024)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2024/02/russia-commissions-first-serial-lada-class-submarine/|title=Russia Commissions First Serial Lada-class Submarine|website=Naval News |access-date=15 September 2025 |date=2 February 2024 |last= Grotnik |first=Tomasz }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://navyrecognition.com/index.php/naval-news/naval-news-archive/2021/december/11136-russian-project-677-submarine-kronstadt-starts-sea-trials.html|title=Russian Project 677 submarine Kronstadt starts sea trials|website=Navyrecognition.com|access-date=12 April 2022}}</ref><ref name=autogenerated1>{{Cite web |url=https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/focus-analysis/naval-technology/10820-analysis-1-2-lada-class-diesel-electric-submarine-of-project-677-for-russian-navy.html |title=Analysis 1/2: Lada-class diesel-electric submarine of project 677 for Russian Navy<!-- Bot generated title --> |work=Navy Recognition |access-date=2021-10-13 |archive-date=2021-10-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011110508/https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/focus-analysis/naval-technology/10820-analysis-1-2-lada-class-diesel-electric-submarine-of-project-677-for-russian-navy.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://tass.com/defense/1352169 |title=Russian Navy likely to receive serial Lada diesel-electric submarine in 2022 — source – Military & Defense – TASS<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2021-10-21 |archive-date=2021-10-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021123418/https://tass.com/defense/1352169 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Kronshtadt submarine joins Russian Navy | website=TASS | date=2024-01-31 | url=https://tass.com/defense/1739523 | ref={{sfnref | TASS | 2024}} | access-date=2024-02-04}}</ref>
** ''Velikiye Luki'' (B-587) (projected for the Northern Fleet; sea trials in the Baltic as of 2024)<ref>{{cite web | title=New sea trials for Russian Navy Lada class submarine Velikiye Luki. | website=Army Recognition | date=11 June 2024 | url=https://armyrecognition.com/news/navy-news/2024/new-sea-trials-for-russian-navy-lada-class-submarine-velikiye-luki | access-date=15 September 2025}}</ref>
'''Special Operations Submarines''': (29th Special Submarine Squadron;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lynceans.org/all-posts/you-need-to-know-about-russias-main-directorate-of-deep-sea-research-gugi/|title=You Need to Know About Russia's Main Directorate of Deep-Sea Research (GUGI) &#124; the Lyncean Group of San Diego|date=21 May 2018 |access-date=2020-11-15|archive-date=2020-10-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023061744/https://lynceans.org/all-posts/you-need-to-know-about-russias-main-directorate-of-deep-sea-research-gugi/|url-status=live}}</ref>  deployed with the Northern Fleet but under the command of the [[Main Directorate of Deep-Sea Research]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lynceans.org/tag/paltus/|title=Paltus &#124; the Lyncean Group of San Diego|date=21 May 2018 |access-date=2020-08-31|archive-date=2020-08-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806104124/https://lynceans.org/tag/paltus/|url-status=live}}</ref>)
* [[Russian submarine BS-64|''Podmoskovye'' (BS-64)]] (active as of 2021;<ref name=":3" /> ex-Delta IV-class SSBN with missile tubes removed in "special purpose" role; "mothership" for smaller special operations submarine ''Losharik''<ref name="auto9">{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hisutton/2020/08/19/how-russian-spy-submarines-can-interfere-with-undersea-internet-cables/|title=How Russian Spy Submarines Can Interfere With Undersea Internet Cables|first=H. I.|last=Sutton|website=Forbes|access-date=2020-08-31|archive-date=2020-08-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831000325/https://www.forbes.com/sites/hisutton/2020/08/19/how-russian-spy-submarines-can-interfere-with-undersea-internet-cables/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/2020/04/navy-gets-new-vessel-secret-russian-underwater-operations-arctic|title=Navy gets new vessel for secret underwater operations in Arctic|date=14 April 2020 |access-date=2020-10-22|archive-date=2020-10-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026083809/https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/2020/04/navy-gets-new-vessel-secret-russian-underwater-operations-arctic|url-status=live}}</ref>)
* [[Russian submarine Belgorod (K-329)|''Belgorod'' (K-329)]] (Entered service July 2022;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tass.com/defense/1307509|title=Belgorod nuclear sub begins its first sea trials — source|access-date=2021-06-26|archive-date=2021-06-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626114132/https://tass.com/defense/1307509|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://seawaves.com/?p=8177|title=Sevmash General Director Updates Belgorod Trials – SeaWaves Magazine|access-date=2021-01-13|archive-date=2021-01-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115161411/https://seawaves.com/?p=8177|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last1=Sutton |first1=H. I. |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hisutton/2020/07/06/russian-navys-spy-submarine-losharik-1-year-after-fatal-accident/?sh=4c6b535c54fb|title=Losharik Spy Submarine Accident is Still a Problem for Russian Navy|website=[[Forbes]]|access-date=2020-12-07|archive-date=2021-02-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227081955/https://www.forbes.com/sites/hisutton/2020/07/06/russian-navys-spy-submarine-losharik-1-year-after-fatal-accident/?sh=4c6b535c54fb|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/focus-analysis/naval-technology/9723-russia-continues-building-belgorod-submarine.html|title=Russia continues building Belgorod submarine|work=Navy Naval News Navy Recognition |access-date=2021-02-23|archive-date=2021-02-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223025825/https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/focus-analysis/naval-technology/9723-russia-continues-building-belgorod-submarine.html|url-status=live}}</ref> reported in 2025 as deployed in the Northern Fleet operational area, but likely to transfer to the [[Pacific Fleet (Russia)|Pacific Fleet]] in due course;<ref>{{cite web |title=World's longest nuclear submarine handed over to the Russian Navy |url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2022/07/worlds-longest-nuclear-submarine-handed-over-russian-navy |website=The Independent Barents Observer |date=8 July 2022 |access-date=10 July 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://nationalsecurityjournal.org/belgorod-russia-has-a-nuclear-submarine-armed-with-a-nuclear-drone/ | title=Belgorod: Russia Has a Nuclear Submarine Armed with a 'Nuclear Drone' |last=Larson |first=Caleb |website=National Security Journal | date=26 June 2025 |access-date=9 September 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2022/07/worlds-longest-nuclear-submarine-handed-over-russian-navy | title=World's longest nuclear submarine handed over to the Russian Navy | date=8 July 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tass.com/defense/1274461|title=Belgorod nuclear submarine carrier with Poseidon nuke drones to serve in Pacific — source|access-date=2021-04-06|archive-date=2021-04-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210406130735/https://tass.com/defense/1274461|url-status=live}}</ref> reported capable of deploying future [[Status-6 Oceanic Multipurpose System|Poseidon nuclear weapons]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/navy-ships/a43501232/russia-building-submarines-to-launch-poseidon-torpedo/|title=Russia Is Building New Subs to Launch Its Terrifying Apocalypse Torpedoes|first=Sébastien |last= Roblin|website=Popular Mechanics|date=9 April 2023|access-date=15 September 2025}}</ref>
* [[Russian submarine Sarov (B-90)|''Sarov'' (B-90)]] (active; hybrid conventional/nuclear-propulsion; intelligence collection/technology demonstrator; reported capable of deploying future Poseidon nuclear weapons)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/navy-ships/a43501232/russia-building-submarines-to-launch-poseidon-torpedo/|title=Russia Is Building New Subs to Launch Its Terrifying Apocalypse Torpedoes|first=Sébastien |last= Roblin|website=Popular Mechanics|date=9 April 2023|access-date=15 September 2025}}</ref>
* [[Russian submarine Losharik|''Losharik'' (AS-12/or 28/or 31)]] (hybrid conventional/nuclear propulsion; incapacitated after major fire July 2019;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/28804/heres-everything-we-know-about-the-deadly-russian-submarine-fire|title=Here's Everything We Know About The Deadly Russian Submarine Fire (Updated)|first=Joseph|last=Trevithick|website=The Drive|date=2 July 2019|access-date=2020-08-31|archive-date=2020-08-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806124112/https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/28804/heres-everything-we-know-about-the-deadly-russian-submarine-fire|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.usni.org/2019/07/03/kremlin-releases-new-details-on-russian-submarine-fire-identifies-sailors-killed|title=Kremlin Releases New Details on Russian Submarine Fire, Identifies Sailors Killed|date=July 3, 2019|website=USNI News|access-date=August 31, 2020|archive-date=August 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807054909/https://news.usni.org/2019/07/03/kremlin-releases-new-details-on-russian-submarine-fire-identifies-sailors-killed|url-status=live}}</ref> major repair undertaken from 2021; may commence post-repair sea trials in 2025;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nationalsecurityjournal.org/russia-has-a-titanium-submarine-that-can-deep-dive-19700-feet/ |title=Russia Has a Titanium Submarine That Can 'Deep Dive' 19,700 Feet|website=National Security Journal |date=6 June 2025 |access-date=15 September 2025 |last=Johnson |first=Reuben }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://navyrecognition.com/index.php/naval-news/naval-news-archive/2023/january/12685-russian-as-31-nuclear-submarine-losharik-to-be-ready-in-2024.html|title=Russia AS-31 nuclear submarine Losharik to be ready in 2024|website=Navy Recognition}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2021/04/reactor-core-unloaded-losharik-submarine|title=Reactor core unloaded from fire-hit Losharik submarine|date=4 April 2021 |access-date=2021-04-05|archive-date=2021-04-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210405092522/https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2021/04/reactor-core-unloaded-losharik-submarine|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tass.com/defense/1273951|title=Repair works of Russia's AS-31 submersible may take up to four years|access-date=2021-04-05|archive-date=2021-04-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210405012322/https://tass.com/defense/1273951|url-status=live}}</ref> intelligence/special operations role)
* [[Delta-class submarine|''Orenburg'' (BS-136)]] (active; ex-Delta III-class SSBN; experimental role)
* [[Paltus-class submarine]] (special purpose mini-submarines; hybrid conventional/nuclear propulsion):<ref name="auto9"/>
** AS-21
** AS-35 
* [[Kashalot-class submarine|Project 1910 Kashalot-class]] (nuclear-powered special operations submarine)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hisutton.com/Project+1910+UNIFORM+Class.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2022-04-12 |archive-date=2017-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006102543/http://www.hisutton.com/Project+1910+UNIFORM+Class.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
** AS-13
** AS-15 (reportedly being prepared for active operations from ''Belgorod'' as of 2021)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.janes.com/osint-insights/defence-news/russia-readies-kashalot-submarine-for-belgorod-role|title=Russia readies Kashalot submarine for Belgorod role|first=Bruce |last=Jones|website=Janes|access-date=13 October 2025 |date=1 April 2021}}</ref>

===Surface warships===
'''Major Surface Combatants''' (43rd Missile Ship Division)
* Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier (CV) [[Soviet aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov|''Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov'' (063)]], Navy flagship. (Severely damaged by fire, December 2019; reported in 2025 as unlikely to return to active service).<ref name=Izvestia20250711>{{cite news|author=Максим Манаев|title=Бремя ремонта: крейсер «Адмирал Кузнецов» могут сдать на металлолом|newspaper=[[Izvestia]]|date=11 July 2025|url=https://iz.ru/1918711/maksim-manaev-timofei-volkov-fedor-gorbunov/brema-remonta-kreiser-admiral-kuznecov-mogut-sdat-na-metallolom|access-date=11 July 2025|language=ru}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |url=https://x.com/NavyLookout/status/1944021445379555732 |title=🇷🇺Russia set to abandon refurbishment project and decommission their sole aircraft carrier, the world's largest mobile bonfire, RFS Admiral Kuznetsov which has not sailed since 2017. |user=NavyLookout |number=1944021445379555732 |date=12 July 2025 |access-date=26 July 2025}}</ref><ref name="WarZone">{{cite web|url=https://www.twz.com/air/russia-may-finally-abandon-its-cursed-aircraft-carrier|title=Russia May Finally Abandon Its Cursed Aircraft Carrier|date=11 July 2025|last=Newdick|first=Thomas|publisher=The War Zone|access-date=14 July 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/naval-news/naval-news-archive/2021/november/10968-repairs-to-the-russian-aircraft-carrier-admiral-kuznetsov-delayed.html |title=Repairs to the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov delayed<!-- Bot generated title --> |work=Navy Naval News Navy Recognition |access-date=2021-11-08 |archive-date=2021-11-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108164444/https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/naval-news/naval-news-archive/2021/november/10968-repairs-to-the-russian-aircraft-carrier-admiral-kuznetsov-delayed.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2021/06/russian-aircraft-carrier-to-rejoin-the-fleet-in-late-2023/|title = Russian Aircraft Carrier to Rejoin the Fleet in Late 2023|date = 24 June 2021|access-date = 24 June 2021|archive-date = 24 June 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210624204613/https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2021/06/russian-aircraft-carrier-to-rejoin-the-fleet-in-late-2023/|url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2020/december/9381-russian-navy-heavy-aircraft-carrier-admiral-kuznetsov-to-return-at-sea-in-2022.html|title=Russian Navy heavy aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov to return at sea in 2022|access-date=2020-12-05|archive-date=2021-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203194700/https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2020/december/9381-russian-navy-heavy-aircraft-carrier-admiral-kuznetsov-to-return-at-sea-in-2022.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{Sclass|Kirov|battlecruiser}}s (CGN): 
** [[Russian cruiser Pyotr Velikiy|''Pyotr Velikiy'' (099)]] (inactive since 2023; uncertainty whether she will return to service or undergo the expensive upgrade of her sister ship ''Admiral Nakhimov'')<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://united24media.com/latest-news/satellite-image-reveals-russias-pyotr-velikiy-nuclear-battlecruiser-moored-at-severomorsk-with-its-future-uncertain-6907|access-date=15 September 2025 |date=20 May 2025 |website=United24 Media |title=Satellite Image Reveals Russia's Pyotr Velikiy Nuclear Battlecruiser Moored at Severomorsk With Its Future Uncertain |last= Litnarovych |first=Vlad }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tass.com/defense/1292973|title=Russian Navy heavy nuclear-powered missile cruiser holds drills in Barents Sea|access-date=2021-05-24|archive-date=2021-05-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524142616/https://tass.com/defense/1292973|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Russian battlecruiser Admiral Nakhimov|''Admiral Nakhimov'' (085)]] (Major modernization and upgrade; on sea trials as of January 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nikolov |first=Boyko |date=January 11, 2025 |title=Russian battlecruiser Admiral Nakhimov powers up after 28 years |url=https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2025/01/11/russian-battlecruiser-admiral-nakhimov-powers-up-after-28-years/ |website=BulgarianMilitary.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=21 November 2023 |title=Admiral Nakhimov Reactors to be Activated This Month |url=https://seawaves.com/admiral-nakhimov-reactors-to-be-activated-this-month/ |language=en |agency=Sea Waves Magazine}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/naval-news/naval-news-archive/2022/august/12114-delivery-of-russian-aircraft-carrier-admiral-kuznetsov-delayed-again.html | title=Delivery of Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov delayed again | work=Navy Naval News Navy Recognition }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2022/02/russias-sevmash-shipyard-says-it-will-deliver-admiral-nakhimov-in-2022/|title=Russia's Sevmash Shipyard Says it Will Deliver Admiral Nakhimov in 2022|website=Navalnews.com|date=18 February 2022|access-date=12 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tass.com/defense/1274887|title=Handover of Admiral Nakhimov battlecruiser to Russian navy postponed — source|access-date=2021-04-07|archive-date=2021-04-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210407035253/https://tass.com/defense/1274887|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="auto11">{{Cite web|url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/2020/07/more-30-russian-naval-vessels-open-fire-large-scale-barents-sea-war-games|title=More than 30 Russian naval vessels open fire in large-scale Barents Sea war games|website=The Independent Barents Observer|date=9 July 2020 |access-date=2020-08-24|archive-date=2020-08-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831150737/https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/2020/07/more-30-russian-naval-vessels-open-fire-large-scale-barents-sea-war-games|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://romeosquared.eu/2019/07/02/russian-battlecruiser-admiral-nakhimov-delayed-from-maintenance-until-2023/|title=Russian battlecruiser Admiral Nakhimov delayed from maintenance until 2023|date=July 2, 2019|access-date=October 19, 2020|archive-date=October 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020034118/https://romeosquared.eu/2019/07/02/russian-battlecruiser-admiral-nakhimov-delayed-from-maintenance-until-2023/|url-status=live}}</ref>)
* Slava-class cruiser (CG) [[RFS Marshal Ustinov|''Marshal Ustinov'' (055)]] (active as of 2025)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/russian-cruiser-fires-artillery-few-kilometres-from-border-to-norway/428280|title=Russian cruiser fires artillery few kilometres from border to Norway|first=Atle|last=Staalesen|website=Barents Observer|date=15 April 2025|access-date=15 September 2025}}</ref><ref name="auto11"/><ref name="ReferenceB">{{Cite web |url=https://structure.mil.ru/structure/forces/navy/news/more.htm?id=12404135@egNews |title=Корабли Северного флота отработали взаимодействие в Баренцевом море : Министерство обороны Российской Федерации |access-date=2022-01-18 |archive-date=2022-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118210857/https://structure.mil.ru/structure/forces/navy/news/more.htm?id=12404135@egNews |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eng.mil.ru/en/structure/okruga/north/news/more.htm?id=12341142@egNews|title=Missile cruiser Marshal Ustinov went into the Barents Sea to practice anti-submarine missions : Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation|access-date=2021-02-03|archive-date=2021-03-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301135029/http://eng.mil.ru/en/structure/okruga/north/news/more.htm?id=12341142@egNews|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|number=1562459105427476481|user=NavyLookout|title=🇷🇺Russian cruiser, RFS Marshall Ustinov (sister of sunken Moskva) heading west through Strait of Gibraltar this aft…|date=24 August 2022}}</ref><ref name="auto16">{{cite web | url=https://russianfleetanalysis.blogspot.com/2022/05/russian-forces-in-mediterranean-wk212022.html | title=Russian forces in the Mediterranean - Wk21/2022 }}</ref><ref name="navalnews.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2022/02/russia-sends-slava-class-cruiser-ustinov-in-the-mediterranean/|title=Russia Sends Slava-class Cruiser Ustinov in the Mediterranean|first=Xavier|last=Vavasseur|website=Navalnews.com|date=7 February 2022|access-date=12 April 2022}}</ref>
* [[Sovremenny-class destroyer]] [[Russian destroyer Admiral Ushakov|Admiral Ushakov]] (active as of 2023)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.highnorthnews.com/en/russian-northern-fleet-frequent-exercises-barents-sea-and-white-sea|title=The Russian Northern Fleet With Frequent Exercises in the Barents Sea and the White Sea|website=High North News|access-date=15 September 2025 |date=19 May 2023 |last= Edvardsen|first=Astri }}</ref>
* [[Admiral Gorshkov-class frigate]]s:
** [[Russian frigate Admiral Gorshkov|''Admiral Gorshkov'' (454)]] (active as of 2025)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/russia-fires-zircon-missile-barents-sea-zapad-exercise-belarus-2787117-2025-09-14|title=Russia fires Zircon hypersonic missile during military drill with Belarus|website=India Today|access-date=15 September 2025 |date=14 September 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/14/africa/russian-frigate-south-africa-intl/index.html|title=Russian frigate docks in South Africa ahead of joint naval drills with China and Russia |date= 14 February 2023|website=CNN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://seawaves.com/2023/01/05/official-video-of-admiral-gorshkov-departing-severomorsk/|title=Official Video of Admiral Gorshkov Departing Severomorsk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://navyrecognition.com/index.php/naval-news/naval-news-archive/2023/january/12675-putin-sends-frigate-admiral-gorshkov-armed-with-tsirkon-hypersonic-missile-in-atlantic.html|title=Putin sends frigate Admiral Gorshkov armed with Tsirkon hypersonic missile in Atlantic|website=Navy Recognition}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceC">{{Cite web |url=https://structure.mil.ru/structure/forces/navy/news/more.htm?id=12405347@egNews |title=Северный флот начал учение с Арктической экспедиционной группировкой сил и войск : Министерство обороны Российской Федерации |access-date=2022-01-26 |archive-date=2022-01-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126203019/https://structure.mil.ru/structure/forces/navy/news/more.htm?id=12405347@egNews |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://tass.com/defense/1273225|title=Russian Navy frigate holds successful air defense firings in Arctic drills|access-date=2021-04-01|archive-date=2021-04-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210401180758/https://tass.com/defense/1273225|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Russian frigate Admiral Kasatonov|''Admiral Kasatonov'' (461)]] (active as of 2025)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/russian-cruiser-fires-artillery-few-kilometres-from-border-to-norway/428280|title=Russian cruiser fires artillery few kilometres from border to Norway|first=Atle|last=Staalesen|website=Barents Observer|date=15 April 2025|access-date=15 September 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://maritime-executive.com/article/royal-navy-tracks-russian-frigate-through-english-channel-and-n-sea |title=Royal Navy Tracks Russian Frigate Through English Channel and N. Sea |date= 15 March 2023 |website=The Maritime Executive}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://russianfleetanalysis.blogspot.com/2022/12/russian-forces-in-mediterranean-wk512022.html|title=Russian forces in the Mediterranean - Wk51/2022}}</ref><ref name="auto16"/><ref name="auto15">{{Cite web|url=https://russianfleetanalysis.blogspot.com/2022/02/russian-forces-in-mediterranean-wk092022.html|title=Russian forces in the Mediterranean - Wk09/2022|website=Russianfleetanalysis.blogspot.com|access-date=12 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://seawaves.com/?p=18168|title=Admiral Kasatonov Conducts Flight Training in the Barents Sea|website=Seawaves.com|access-date=12 April 2022|archive-date=30 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630170039/https://seawaves.com/?p=18168|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eng.mil.ru/en/structure/okruga/north/news/more.htm?id=12339351@egNews|title=The frigate of the Northern Fleet "Admiral of the Fleet Kasatonov" made a business call in Algeria : Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation|access-date=2021-02-03|archive-date=2021-02-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210207191328/http://eng.mil.ru/en/structure/okruga/north/news/more.htm?id=12339351@egNews|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Russian frigate Admiral Golovko|''Admiral Golovko'' (456)]] (active as of 2025)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/world-largest-cruise-missile-russian-nuclear-attack-submarine|title=World's Largest Cruise Missile Launched By Russian Nuclear Attack Submarine with Ground and Surface Support|website=Military Watch Magazine|access-date=2025-09-12 |date=29 July 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.naval.com.br/blog/2022/11/27/terceira-fragata-classe-gorshkov-da-marinha-russa-inicia-testes-de-mar/|title=Terceira fragata classe 'Gorshkov' da Marinha Russa inicia testes de mar|first=Redação Forças de|last=Defesa|date=November 27, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2021/08/russian-frigate-admiral-isakov-gets-fully-domestic-diesel-gas-turbines/|title = Russian Frigate Admiral Isakov Gets Fully Domestic Diesel Gas-Turbines|date = 5 August 2021|access-date = 14 September 2021|archive-date = 14 September 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210914125432/https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2021/08/russian-frigate-admiral-isakov-gets-fully-domestic-diesel-gas-turbines/|url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=ЦАМТО / / Владимир Путин принял участие в церемонии поднятия Военно-морских флагов на трех новых кораблях | website=armstrade.org | date=2023-12-25 | url=https://armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2023/1225/164577207/detail.shtml | language=ru | ref={{sfnref | armstrade.org | 2023}} | access-date=2023-12-26}}</ref>

* [[Udaloy-class destroyer|Udaloy-class destroyers (DDG)]] (2nd Anti-Submarine Ship Division):<ref name="KV"/> 
** [[Russian destroyer Vice-Admiral Kulakov|''Vice Admiral Kulakov'' (626)]] (active as of 2025)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://maritime-executive.com/article/russian-mediterranean-flotilla-sinks-to-a-single-submarine |title=Russian Mediterranean "Flotilla" Sinks to a Single Submarine|website=The Maritime Executive |date=4 August 2025 |access-date=16 September 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news/2025/august/21/20250821-hms-trent-shadows-russian-vessels |title=Royal Navy shadow Russian vessels in UK waters |website= Royal Navy |date=21 August 2025 |access-date=4 September 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://russianfleetanalysis.blogspot.com/2024/03/russian-navy-fleet-deployments-week-11.html | title=Russian Navy Fleet deployments Week 11-2024
 |work=Russian Navy - News and Analysis |date=11 March 2024 |access-date=13 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=OSINT: Concentration Of Five Russian Warships In North Sea |url=http://www.hisutton.com/Russian-Navy-North-Sea-2023-05.html |website=Covert Shores |date=3 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|number=1564153067716608000|user=NavyLookout|title=.@HMSLANCASTER currently shadowing Russian warships RFS Vice-Admiral Kulakov / Marshal Ustinov heading north throug…|date=29 August 2022}}</ref><ref name="auto16"/><ref name="auto15"/><ref name="ReferenceB"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://seawaves.com/?p=15214|title=Vitse-Admiral Kulakov Replenished Supplies in Cyprus – SeaWaves Magazine|access-date=2021-09-17|archive-date=2021-09-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917134842/https://seawaves.com/?p=15214|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tass.com/defense/1302893|title=Russian Navy anti-submarine ship attacks enemy sub with torpedoes in Arctic drills|access-date=2021-06-16|archive-date=2021-06-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210617042627/https://tass.com/defense/1302893|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Russian destroyer Severomorsk|''Severomorsk'' (619)]] (active as of 2025)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/navy-forces-land-at-franz-josef-land-as-part-of-exercise-zapad2025-1/436977|title=Navy forces land at Franz Josef Land as part of exercise Zapad-2025|access-date=16 September 2025|website=Barents Observer |date=12 September 2025 |last= Staalesen |first=Atle}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://seawaves.com/2023/06/22/project-1155-severomorsk-working-up-in-barents-sea/|title=Project 1155 Severomorsk Working Up in Barents Sea|access-date=2023-06-23|website=Sea Waves Magazine |date=23 June 2023}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceC"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eng.mil.ru/en/structure/okruga/north/news/more.htm?id=12339995@egNews|title = The large anti-submarine ship of the Northern Fleet "Severomorsk" went to the Barents Sea to perform combat training tasks : Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation}}</ref>
** [[Russian destroyer Admiral Levchenko|''Admiral Levchenko'' (605)]] (active as of 2025)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/navy-forces-land-at-franz-josef-land-as-part-of-exercise-zapad2025-1/436977|title=Navy forces land at Franz Josef Land as part of exercise Zapad-2025|access-date=16 September 2025|website=Barents Observer |date=12 September 2025 |last= Staalesen |first=Atle}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2022/08/northern-fleet-kicks-large-barents-arctic-naval-exercise | title=Northern Fleet kicks off large Barents-Arctic naval exercise| date=18 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://tass.com/defense/1456373 | title=Russian Navy warship practices missile and artillery fire in Arctic drills }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/focus-analysis/naval-technology/8044-russian-navy-to-focus-on-frigates-submarines-part-2.html|title=Russian Navy to focus on frigates, submarines – part 2|access-date=2020-12-14|archive-date=2021-01-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108203042/http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/focus-analysis/naval-technology/8044-russian-navy-to-focus-on-frigates-submarines-part-2.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Russian destroyer Admiral Chabanenko|''Admiral Chabanenko'' (650)]] (inactive as of 2025; unclear whether she will return to service)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://united24media.com/latest-news/can-russia-save-its-last-big-warships-admiral-chabanenko-teeters-on-the-brink-of-decommissioning-10496|title=Can Russia Save Its Last Big Warships? "Admiral Chabanenko" Teeters on the Brink of Decommissioning|access-date=16 September 2025|website=United24 Media |date=6 August 2025 |last= Litnarovych |first=Vlad}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/focus-analysis/naval-technology/8493-analysis-russian-navy-marshal-shaposhnikov-frigate-to-begin-trials-in-late-2020.html|title=Analysis: Russian Navy Marshal Shaposhnikov frigate to begin trials in late 2020|access-date=2020-08-31|archive-date=2020-10-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024140955/https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/focus-analysis/naval-technology/8493-analysis-russian-navy-marshal-shaposhnikov-frigate-to-begin-trials-in-late-2020.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

'''Minor Surface Combatants'''
* Small Missile Ships (Light Missile Corvette)
** [[Nanuchka-class corvette|Nanuchka III-class corvette]]
*** [[Russian corvette Rassvyet|''Rassvyet'' (520)]] (active as of 2024)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://russianfleetanalysis.blogspot.com/2024/02/russian-navy-fleet-deployments-week-06.html|title=Russian Navy Fleet deployments Week 06-2024|access-date=16 September 2025|website=Russian Fleet Analysis |date=5 February 2024 }}</ref><ref name=":4" />

* Small Anti-Submarine Ships (ASW Corvette)
** [[Grisha-class corvette|Grisha III-class corvette]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2019/august/7374-russian-northern-fleet-started-a-submarine-detection-exercise-in-the-arctic.html|title=Russian Northern Fleet started a submarine detection exercise in the Arctic|access-date=2020-08-31|archive-date=2021-01-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123021648/https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2019/august/7374-russian-northern-fleet-started-a-submarine-detection-exercise-in-the-arctic.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*** ''Brest'' (199) (active as of 2025)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/russian-cruiser-fires-artillery-few-kilometres-from-border-to-norway/428280|title=Russian cruiser fires artillery few kilometres from border to Norway|first=Atle|last=Staalesen|website=Barents Observer|date=15 April 2025|access-date=15 September 2025}}</ref><ref name="structure.mil.ru"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eng.mil.ru/en/structure/okruga/north/news/more.htm?id=12345223@egNews|title = Small anti-submarine ship Brest of the Northern Fleet hit aerial targets during exercise in the Barents Sea : Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation|website=eng.mil.ru}}</ref>
*** ''Yunga'' (113) (active as of 2025)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/russian-cruiser-fires-artillery-few-kilometres-from-border-to-norway/428280|title=Russian cruiser fires artillery few kilometres from border to Norway|first=Atle|last=Staalesen|website=Barents Observer|date=15 April 2025|access-date=15 September 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/naval-news/naval-news-archive/2022/march/11514-russian-grisha-class-yunga-corvette-conducts-live-firing-drills-near-norway.html|title=Russian Grisha-class Yunga corvette conducts live-firing drills near Norway|website=Navyrecognition.com|access-date=12 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://function.mil.ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12356955@egNews|title=На Северном флоте началось межвидовое командно-штабное учение под руководством Главнокомандующего ВМФ России : Министерство обороны Российской Федерации|access-date=2021-04-22|archive-date=2021-04-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422105744/https://function.mil.ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12356955@egNews|url-status=live}}</ref>
*** ''Onega'' (164) (active as of 2025)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://russianfleetanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/06/russian-naval-operations-weekly.html |title =Russian Naval Operations - Weekly Situation Report - Week 26/2025
|website=Russian Fleet Analysis |date=23 June 2025 |access-date=18 September 2025}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url=https://seawaves.com/?p=11625|title=Russians Conduct ASW Training in White Sea – SeaWaves Magazine|access-date=2021-05-20|archive-date=2021-05-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520112422/https://seawaves.com/?p=11625|url-status=live}}</ref>
*** ''Naryan-Mar'' (138) (active as of 2024)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2024/05/21/russian-cold-war-naryan-mar-ship-downs-target-with-osa-missile/|title=Russian Cold War Naryan-Mar ship downs target with OSA missile|access-date=16 September 2025 |date=21 May 2024 |website=BulgarianMilitary.com |last= Nikolov |first=Boyko}}</ref><ref name=":6" />
*** ''Monchegorsk'' (190) (status unclear)
*** ''Snezhnogorsk'' (196) (active as of 2025)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/russian-cruiser-fires-artillery-few-kilometres-from-border-to-norway/428280|title=Russian cruiser fires artillery few kilometres from border to Norway|first=Atle|last=Staalesen|website=Barents Observer|date=15 April 2025|access-date=15 September 2025}}</ref><ref name="structure.mil.ru"/><ref name=":4" />
'''Amphibious Warfare Vessels'''
* [[Ivan Gren-class landing ship]]s
** [[Russian landing ship Ivan Gren|''Ivan Gren'']] (135) (active as of 2025)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://russianfleetanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/02/russian-forces-in-mediterranean-wk072025.html|title=Russian forces in the Mediterranean - Wk07/202|access-date=16 September 2025|website=Russian Fleet Analysis |date=17 February 2025 }}</ref><ref name="ReferenceC"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2021/06/russias-new-landing-ship-sails-pechenga-bay-takes-board-30-armored-vehicles-and|title=Russia's new landing ship sails into Pechenga Bay, takes on board a battalion of special operations troops|date=18 June 2021 |access-date=2021-07-05|archive-date=2021-06-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628231042/https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2021/06/russias-new-landing-ship-sails-pechenga-bay-takes-board-30-armored-vehicles-and|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Russian landing ship Pyotr Morgunov|''Pyotr Morgunov'']] (117) (active; deployed to the Black Sea and participating in the [[Russo-Ukraine War|War in Ukraine]])<ref name="auto14">{{Cite web|url=https://russianfleetanalysis.blogspot.com/2022/02/russian-naval-deployments-during.html|title=Russian Naval deployments during the Ukraine War|website=Russianfleetanalysis.blogspot.com|access-date=12 April 2022}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceD">{{Cite web|url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2022/02/6-russian-warships-and-submarine-now-entering-black-sea-towards-ukraine/|title=6 Russian Warships And Submarine Now Entering Black Sea Towards Ukraine|first=H. I.|last=Sutton|website=Navalnews.com|date=8 February 2022|access-date=12 April 2022}}</ref><ref name="thedrive.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/43965/russias-landing-ships-are-headed-to-the-mediterranean-to-join-a-growing-armada|title=Russia's Landing Ships Are Headed To The Mediterranean To Join A Growing Armada (Updated)|first=Joseph|last=Trevithick|date=21 January 2022|website=The Drive|access-date=12 April 2022}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceE">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/43914/more-russian-landing-ships-leave-baltic-sea-amid-growing-fears-of-invasion-of-ukraine|title=More Russian Landing Ships Leave The Baltic Sea Amid Growing Fears Of Invasion Of Ukraine|first=Joseph|last=Trevithick|date=18 January 2022|website=The Drive|access-date=12 April 2022}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite web|url=https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2020/december/9407-admiral-golovko-project-22350-frigate-to-join-northern-fleet-of-russian-navy.html|title=Admiral Golovko project 22350 frigate to join Northern fleet of Russian Navy|access-date=2020-12-12|archive-date=2020-12-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212143723/https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2020/december/9407-admiral-golovko-project-22350-frigate-to-join-northern-fleet-of-russian-navy.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.interfax.ru/russia/742631 |title=Большой десантный корабль "Петр Моргунов" передали ВМФ России<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2020-12-23 |archive-date=2020-12-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201223140703/https://www.interfax.ru/russia/742631 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://structure.mil.ru/structure/forces/navy/news/more.htm?id=12341371@egNews|title = Новый большой десантный корабль "Пётр Моргунов" вошел в Баренцево море : Министерство обороны Российской Федерации}}</ref>
* [[Ropucha-class landing ship]]s
** ''[[Russian landing ship Olenegorsky Gornyak|Olenegorsky Gornyak]]'' (012) (deployed to the Black Sea and participating in the [[Russo-Ukraine War|War in Ukraine]];<ref name="auto14"/><ref name="ReferenceD"/><ref name="thedrive.com"/><ref name="ReferenceE"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/2019/11/43-year-old-landing-ship-returns-northern-fleet|title=A 43 year old landing ship returns to Northern Fleet|work=The Independent Barents Observer |access-date=2021-02-26|archive-date=2021-02-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227060247/https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/2019/11/43-year-old-landing-ship-returns-northern-fleet|url-status=live}}</ref> reportedly seriously damaged in 2023)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Balmforth |first=Tom |date=2023-08-04 |title=Ukrainian drone disables Russian warship near Russia's Novorossiysk port |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/blasts-gunfire-reported-near-russian-black-sea-port-novorossiysk-2023-08-04/ |access-date=2023-08-10}}</ref>
** [[Russian landing ship Kondopoga|''Kondopoga'']] (027) (active as of 2024)<ref>{{Cite web  |date=17 July 2024 |title=Baltic Sea 'Hop and Go' of a Russian Navy task force |language=en |work=Marine Forum |url=https://marineforum.online/en/baltic-hop-and-go-of-a-task-force-of-the-russian-navy/ |access-date=16 September 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3129977/russia-sends-more-warships-black-sea-ukraine|title = Russia sends more warships to Black Sea amid tensions with Ukraine|date = 17 April 2021|access-date = 17 April 2021|archive-date = 17 April 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210417162837/https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3129977/russia-sends-more-warships-black-sea-ukraine|url-status = live}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite web|url=https://turkishnavy.net/foreign-warship-on-bosphorus/foreign-warship-on-bosphorus-in-2021/|title=Foreign Warships on Bosphorus in 2021|date=22 February 2021|access-date=10 July 2021|archive-date=1 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210701150945/https://turkishnavy.net/foreign-warship-on-bosphorus/foreign-warship-on-bosphorus-in-2021/|url-status=live}}</ref>
** ''[[Russian landing ship Georgy Pobedonosets|Georgy Pobedonosets]]'' (016) (active; deployed to the Black Sea and participating in the War in Ukraine)<ref name="auto14"/><ref name="ReferenceD"/><ref name="thedrive.com"/><ref name="ReferenceE"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://seawaves.com/?p=15126|title=Northern Fleet Ships Leave Dudinka for the Kara Sea – SeaWaves Magazine|access-date=2021-09-16|archive-date=2021-09-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916140901/https://seawaves.com/?p=15126|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Russian landing ship Aleksandr Otrakovsky|''Aleksandr Otrakovsky'']] (031) (active as of 2025)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/navy-forces-land-at-franz-josef-land-as-part-of-exercise-zapad2025-1/436977|title=Navy forces land at Franz Josef Land as part of exercise Zapad-2025|access-date=16 September 2025|website=Barents Observer |date=12 September 2025 |last= Staalesen |first=Atle}}</ref><ref name=":8" />
* ''Project 02510 BK-16E'' high-speed assault boats: 4 vessels (''D-308'', ''D-2110'', ''RVK-703'', ''D-321'')<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://seawaves.com/?p=12128|title=Latest Project 02510 Commissioned at Severomorsk – SeaWaves Magazine|access-date=2021-06-02|archive-date=2021-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602214820/https://seawaves.com/?p=12128|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gfsis.org/russian-monitor/view/2979|title=Rondeli Russian Military Digest: Issue 84, 31 May – 6 June 2021|access-date=10 June 2021|archive-date=10 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610110734/https://www.gfsis.org/russian-monitor/view/2979|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://russianships.info/eng/warships/project_02510.htm|title = Landing craft - Project 02510}}</ref>
* [[Ondatra-class landing craft|Project 1176 (Ondatra-class) landing craft]]: 4 vessels (''D-163, D-182, D-148, D-464'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://russianships.info/eng/warships/project_1176.htm |title = 
Landing craft Project 1176 Akula|website=Russian Ships Info |access-date=9 November 2025}}</ref>
'''Mine Countermeasures Ships'''
* [[Alexandrit-class minesweeper|Alexandrit-class]]: 2 vessels; class will incrementally replace older ships/classes (''Afanasy Ivannikov'', entered service 2025; ''Polyarny'', also projected to enter service with the Northern Fleet in 2025)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bairdmaritime.com/security/naval/naval-ships/russian-navy-commissions-ninth-alexandrit-class-minesweeper | title=Russian Navy commissions ninth Alexandrit-class minesweeper |website=Baird Maritime |date=8 May 2025 |access-date=16 September 2025 |last= Xavier |first=Will }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://armyrecognition.com/news/navy-news/2025/tenth-russian-project-12700-alexandrit-class-minesweeper-polyarny-approaches-the-final-construction-phase | title=Tenth Russian Project 12700 Alexandrit-class minesweeper Polyarny approaches the final construction phase |website=Army Recognition |date=11 March 2025 |access-date=16 September 2025 }}</ref>
* [[Sonya-class minesweeper|Sonya-class]]: 7 vessels (BT-21; ''Polyarny'' – reported active as of 2020; ''Elnya'' reported active as of 2022; ''Yadrin'' - reported active as of 2023; ''Kotelnich'', ''Kolona'' and ''Solovtskiy yunga'' - all active as of 2025)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://russianfleetanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/07/naval-exercise-july-spring-july-2025.html |title =Naval Exercise July Spring - July 2025
|website=Russian Fleet Analysis |date=28 July 2025 |access-date=18 September 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.highnorthnews.com/en/russian-northern-fleet-frequent-exercises-barents-sea-and-white-sea | title=The Russian Northern Fleet With Frequent Exercises in the Barents Sea and the White Sea |date=19 May 2023 |access-date=16 September 2025 |last= Edvardsen |first= Astri|website=High North News }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://seawaves.com/2023/02/01/4335/ | title=Kola Flotilla Practices Submarine Escort Through Minefield | access-date=2023-02-02 | archive-date=2023-03-31 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331124646/https://seawaves.com/2023/02/01/4335/ | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="navyrecognition.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/naval-news/naval-news-archive/2022/april/11619-russian-navy-s-minesweepers-conduct-drills.html|title = Russian Navy's minesweepers conduct drills near Norway | work=Navy Naval News Navy Recognition }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://russianships.info/eng/warships/project_1265.htm|title=Coastal minesweeper – Project 1265|access-date=2021-04-22|archive-date=2018-10-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181022232458/http://russianships.info/eng/warships/project_1265.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eng.mil.ru/en/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12289654@egNews|title=Seven Northern Fleet minesweepers conducted a tactical exercise in the Barents Sea : Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation|access-date=2021-04-24|archive-date=2021-04-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424111836/https://eng.mil.ru/en/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12289654@egNews|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Gorya-class minesweeper|Gorya-class]]: 1 vessel (''Vladimir Gumanenko'' (811) – active as of 2022)<ref name="navyrecognition.com"/><ref name=":9">{{Cite news|url=https://tass.com/defense/1296671|title=Russian Navy guided missile ships deploy to Barents Sea for drills|newspaper=Tass |access-date=2021-06-01|archive-date=2021-06-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210601145224/https://tass.com/defense/1296671|url-status=live}}</ref>
'''Patrol ships'''
* [[Ivan Susanin-class patrol ship|Ivan Susanin-class icebreaker/patrol ship]] [[Russian patrol ship Ruslan|''Ruslan'']] (active as of 2024)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://vpk.name/en/894704_polar-power-how-the-icebreaking-fleet-of-the-russian-navy-is-developing.html | title=Polar Power: how the icebreaking fleet of the Russian Navy is developing |website=vpk |access-date=21 October 2025 |date=29 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://russianships.info/eng/support/project_97.htm|title=Icebreakers - Project 97|website=Russianships.info|access-date=12 April 2022}}</ref> 
* [[Project 23550 patrol ship]] [[Russian patrol ship Ivan Papanin|''Ivan Papanin'']] (commissioned 2025)<ref>{{Cite web  |date=8 September 2025 |title=Russian Navy commissions icebreaking patrol ship |language=en |work=Baird Maritime |url=https://www.bairdmaritime.com/security/naval/naval-ships/russian-navy-commissions-icebreaking-patrol-ship |access-date=16 September 2025 |last=Xavier |first=Will }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web  |date=17 July 2024 |title=Baltic Sea 'Hop and Go' of a Russian Navy task force |language=en |work=Marine Forum |url=https://marineforum.online/en/baltic-hop-and-go-of-a-task-force-of-the-russian-navy/ |access-date=16 September 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Video: Russia expands fleet with the "Ivan Papanin" and advances in Arctic geopolitical contest | website=Carro e motos | date=2025-09-06 | url=https://carroemotos.com.br/video-russia-expands-fleet-with-the-ivan-papanin-and-advances-in-arctic-geopolitical-contest/ | language=en | ref={{sfnref|Carro e motos|2025}} | access-date=2025-09-08}}</ref>
* Patrol/Anti-saboteur Boats:
** [[Grachonok-class anti-saboteur ship]]: 5 vessels (P-340 ''Yunarmeets Zapolyarya''; P-421 ''Yunarmeets Belomorya''; P-429 ''Sergey Preminin''; P-430 ''Valery Fedyanin''; P-475 ''Grachonok'')<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://russianships.info/eng/warfareboats/project_21980.htm|title=Anti-saboteur boats – Project 21980|access-date=2021-01-13|archive-date=2021-01-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114100820/http://russianships.info/eng/warfareboats/project_21980.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=На Северный флот пришёл противодиверсионный катер «Грачонок» | website=Мурманское Информационное агентство СеверПост.ru | url=https://severpost.ru/read/182022/ | language=ru | ref={{sfnref|Мурманское Информационное агентство СеверПост.ru}} | access-date=2025-01-09}}</ref>

'''Principal Auxiliaries''' For a more complete list of Russian navy auxiliaries see: [[List of active Russian Navy ships#Auxiliaries]]

''Icebreaker'' 
* Project 21180 icebreaker [[Ilya Muromets (2016 icebreaker)|Ilya Muromets]] (active)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eng.mil.ru/en/structure/forces/navy/news/more.htm?id=12347386@egNews|title=The icebreaker Ilya Muromets went to sea to participate in a complex expedition of the Northern Fleet and the Russian Geographical Society : Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation|access-date=2021-03-07|archive-date=2021-07-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711062513/http://eng.mil.ru/en/structure/forces/navy/news/more.htm?id=12347386@egNews|url-status=live}}</ref>
''Intelligence Vessels'' (operated by the Main Directorate of Deep-Sea Research):
* [[Vishnya-class intelligence ship]]s:<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2020/11/two-russian-spy-ships-operating-near-important-military-base-in-scotland/|title = Two Russian Spy Ships Operating Near Important Military Base in Scotland|date = 8 November 2020|access-date = 15 November 2020|archive-date = 12 November 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201112013456/https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2020/11/two-russian-spy-ships-operating-near-important-military-base-in-scotland/|url-status = live}}</ref>
** ''Viktor Leonov'' (active as of 2025)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dailymare.com/news/another-russian-spy-ship-enters-the-mediterranean-sea,1261|title=Another Russian spy ship enters the Mediterranean Sea|access-date=17 September 2025 |website=Daily Mare |date=17 April 2025 |last= Kusier  |first=Kamil}}</ref>
** ''Tavriya''
* [[Yury Ivanov-class intelligence ship]] ''Yuriy Ivanov'' (active as of 2025)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://maritime-executive.com/article/royal-navy-monitors-russian-spy-ship-loitering-near-nato-exercise|title=Royal Navy Monitors Russian Spy Ship Loitering Near NATO Exercise|access-date=17 September 2025 |website=Maritime Executive |date=30 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/russian-spy-ship-shadowing-carrier-hms-queen-elizabeth/|title=Russian spy ship shadowing carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth|date=18 May 2021|access-date=18 May 2021|archive-date=18 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518121255/https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/russian-spy-ship-shadowing-carrier-hms-queen-elizabeth/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Project 7452-class intelligence ship ''Chusuvoy'' (active as of 2024)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/russia-nato-ship-chusovoy-1966213|title =Russian Spy Ship Escorted From NATO Waters After Breaking Down  | date=9 October 2024 |access-date=17 September 2025 |website=Newsweek |last1=Feng |first1=John |last2=Cole |first2=Brendan }}</ref>
* Project 22010-class intelligence ship [[Russian research vessel Yantar|''Yantar'']] (active as of 2025)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-22 |title=UK warns Putin after Russian spy ship seen near British waters |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqjv7qgpw28o |access-date=2025-01-24 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Castle |first1=Stephen |last2=Schwirtz |first2=Michael |date=2025-01-22 |title=Britain Says Russian Spy Ship Returned to U.K. Waters in Sign of Kremlin Threat |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/world/europe/britain-russia-spy-ship.html |access-date=2025-01-24 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hisutton.com/Russian-Spy-Ship-Yantar-2022-03-06.html|title=H I Sutton - Covert Shores|website=Hisutton.com|access-date=12 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hisutton.com/Yantar.html#:~:text=Yantar%20(actually%20Cruys)%20was%20launched,submarines%20for%20undersea%20engineering%20missions.|title=H I Sutton – Covert Shores|access-date=2020-11-15|archive-date=2020-11-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108095911/http://www.hisutton.com/Yantar.html#:~:text=Yantar%20(actually%20Cruys)%20was%20launched,submarines%20for%20undersea%20engineering%20missions.|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2020/05/yantar-shipyard-services-oceanographic-research-vessel-yantar/|title = Yantar Shipyard Services "oceanographic research vessel" Yantar|date = 27 May 2020|access-date = 15 November 2020|archive-date = 20 September 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200920021035/https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2020/05/yantar-shipyard-services-oceanographic-research-vessel-yantar/|url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hisutton.com/Russia-Spy-Ship-Yantar-Update-Sept13-2021.html|title=H I Sutton – Covert Shores|access-date=2021-09-21|archive-date=2021-09-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921160842/http://www.hisutton.com/Russia-Spy-Ship-Yantar-Update-Sept13-2021.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Project 02670-class 'Oceanographic research vessel' ''Evgeny Gorigledzhan'' (entered service in 2023)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hisutton.com/Russian-GUGI-Evgeny-Gorigledzhan.html|title = H I Sutton - Covert Shores|website=Hisutton.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Magazine | first=SeaWaves | title=RFS Evgeny Gorigledzhan Commissioned in Kaliningrad | website=SeaWaves Magazine | date=2023-08-30 | url=https://seawaves.com/rfs-evgeny-gorigledzhan-commissioned-in-kaliningrad/ | access-date=2025-09-08}}</ref>
* Project 141 Salvage vessel/ Submersible support:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://russianships.info/eng/support/project_141.htm |website= Russian Ships Info| title =Project 141 Mooring-buoy tenders	 |access-date=17 October 2025}}</ref> 
** ''KIL-143'' 
** ''KIL-164''
''Fleet Oilers''
* [[Boris Chilikin-class fleet oiler|Boris Chilikin-class]]: 1 vessel (''Sergey Osipov''; active as of 2024)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/as-ukraine-attacks-in-kursk-the-russian-navy-sets-out-to-liberate-dudinka/111026|title=As Ukraine attacks in Kursk, the Russian Navy sets out to "liberate" Dudinka|access-date=17 September 2025|website=Barents Observer |date=21 August 2024 |last= Staalesen |first=Atle}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://function.mil.ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12376496@egNews|title=Арктическая группировка Северного флота вышла в поход по морям Северного Ледовитого океана : Министерство обороны Российской Федерации|access-date=2021-08-19|archive-date=2021-08-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819122520/https://function.mil.ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12376496@egNews|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Dubna class: 1 vessel (''Dubna'')<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://russianships.info/eng/support/type_dubna.htm|title=Medium seagoing tanker – Type Dubna|access-date=2021-07-14|archive-date=2021-07-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714094222/http://russianships.info/eng/support/type_dubna.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Kaliningrad Neft class: 2 vessels (''Vyazma'' and ''Kama'' (former ''Argun'');<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://russianships.info/eng/support/project_ref675.htm|title=Medium seagoing tanker – Project REF-675|access-date=2021-02-11|archive-date=2021-04-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414035027/http://russianships.info/eng/support/project_ref675.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Vyazma'' active as of 2025;<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Castle |first1=Stephen |last2=Schwirtz |first2=Michael |date=2025-01-22 |title=Britain Says Russian Spy Ship Returned to U.K. Waters in Sign of Kremlin Threat |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/world/europe/britain-russia-spy-ship.html |access-date=2025-01-24 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/world/europe/britain-russia-spy-ship.html | title=Military operation underway off south coast as Russian missile cruisers transit through area | website=[[The New York Times]] | date=30 August 2022 }}</ref><ref name="auto16"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://russianfleetanalysis.blogspot.com/2022/03/russian-forces-in-mediterranean-wk102022.html|title = Russian forces in the Mediterranean - Wk10/2022}}</ref><ref name="navalnews.com"/><ref name="ReferenceB"/><ref name=":5">{{Cite web|url=https://tass.com/defense/1273117|title=Russian Navy guided missile frigate enters Atlantic in long-distance deployment|access-date=2021-04-01|archive-date=2021-04-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210401143943/https://tass.com/defense/1273117|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eng.mil.ru/en/structure/forces/navy/news/more.htm?id=12343558@egNews|title=The Northern Fleet tanker "Vyazma" will provide a long-distance cruise of the frigate "Admiral of the Fleet Kasatonov" in the Mediterranean Sea : Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation|access-date=2021-02-11|archive-date=2021-02-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227012439/http://eng.mil.ru/en/structure/forces/navy/news/more.htm?id=12343558@egNews|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Kama'' active as of 2023)<ref>{{cite web |title=OSINT: Concentration Of Five Russian Warships In North Sea |url=http://www.hisutton.com/Russian-Navy-North-Sea-2023-05.html |website=Covert Shores |date=3 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2023/01/sailing-west-atlantic-northern-fleet-frigate-plays-propaganda-game-hypersonic| title=Sailing West-Atlantic, Northern Fleet frigate plays propaganda-game with hypersonic missile | date=25 January 2023}}</ref>
* [[Project 23130 replenishment oiler|Akademik Pashin class]]: 
** ''Akademik Pashin'': (entered service 2019 and active as of 2024)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newsweek.com/russia-navy-flotilla-florida-straits-cuba-havana-port-visit-1912185 | title=Russian Warships Spotted Near Florida Arrive in Havana: Video |website=Newsweek |date=13 June 2024 |access-date=17 September 2025 |last=Feng |first=John }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://russianfleetanalysis.blogspot.com/2022/08/russian-forces-in-mediterranean-wk342022.html | title=Russian forces in the Mediterranean - Wk34/2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|number=1562057657363701761|user=NavyLookout|title=.@hms_mersey recently shadowed 🇷🇺Russian Northern Fleet support tanker Akademik Pashin from the North Sea, through…|date=23 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2020/05/suspected-russian-spy-ship-loitering-near-french-submarine-trials/|title=Suspected Russian Spy Ship Loitering Near French Submarine Trials|date=6 May 2020|access-date=13 December 2020|archive-date=31 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031022650/https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2020/05/suspected-russian-spy-ship-loitering-near-french-submarine-trials/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Project 03180 replenishment oiler|Project 03180]] class: ''Pecha'' & ''Umba''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://russianships.info/eng/support/project_03180.htm|title=Project 03180|date=22 November 2022|access-date=1 January 2023|website=russianships.info}}</ref>
''Logistic Support Ships''
* 1 ''Elbrus-class'' (Project 23120) ice-capable logistics support vessel (entered service 2018)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://arctic.ru/infrastructure/20180410/734085.html|title=Elbrus logistics support ship joins Russia's Northern Fleet|access-date=2021-08-03|archive-date=2021-08-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803150619/https://arctic.ru/infrastructure/20180410/734085.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.naval-technology.com/projects/elbrus-class-project-23120-logistics-support-vessels/|title=Elbrus Class (Project 23120) Logistics Support Vessels – Naval Technology|access-date=2021-08-03|archive-date=2021-08-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803150617/https://www.naval-technology.com/projects/elbrus-class-project-23120-logistics-support-vessels/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* ''Project 304''-class Repair Ships: 3 vessels (''PM-10'', ''PM-69'', ''PM-75'')<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://russianships.info/eng/support/project_304.htm|title = Floating workshops - Project 304|website=Russianships.info}}</ref>
''Hydrographic Survey Vessels:'' 4 ''Yug-class'' (Project 862) vessels<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://russianships.info/eng/support/project_862.htm |title=Hydrographic survey vessel – Project 862<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2021-09-29 |archive-date=2021-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210929134242/http://russianships.info/eng/support/project_862.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
* ''Vizir''
* ''Temryuk'' (formerly ''Mangyshlak'')
* ''Gorizont'' (active as of 2021)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gfsis.org/russian-monitor/view/3049 |title=Rondeli Russian Military Digest: Issue 100, 20 September – 26 September 2021<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=29 September 2021 |archive-date=29 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210929134243/https://www.gfsis.org/russian-monitor/view/3049 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* ''Senezh''

===Aviation and Air Defence Forces===
[[45th Air and Air Defence Forces Army|'''45th Air Force and Air Defence Army''']]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2016/02/northern-fleet-gets-own-air-force-air-defense-forces|title=Northern Fleet gets own air force, air defense forces|website=The Independent Barents Observer|date=February 2016 |access-date=2020-10-02|archive-date=2020-10-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001203329/https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2016/02/northern-fleet-gets-own-air-force-air-defense-forces|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www8.brinkster.com/vad777/russia/navy/ma/ma.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207070000/http://www8.brinkster.com/vad777/russia/navy/ma/ma.htm|url-status=dead|title=Ввс Вмф<!-- Bot generated title -->|archive-date=7 December 2008|access-date=12 April 2022}}</ref><ref>[[Air Forces Monthly]], August 2007 issue.</ref>
* '''Fighters''':
** 98th Separate Mixed Aviation Regiment: Two Squadrons: [[Su-24]]M; One Squadron: MiG-31<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.easternorbat.com/html/russian_air_force_eng.html#Russian6thAirandAirDefenceArmy|title=Russian Air Force – Today|website=www.easternorbat.com|access-date=2020-10-06|archive-date=2020-10-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201008202146/http://www.easternorbat.com/html/russian_air_force_eng.html#Russian6thAirandAirDefenceArmy|url-status=live}}</ref> BM-variant in air defence role;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2021/january/9573-russian-navy-preparing-to-accept-hypersonic-air-ballistic-kinzhal-missile-into-service.html|title=Russian Navy preparing to accept hypersonic air ballistic Kinzhal missile into service|access-date=2021-01-19|archive-date=2021-01-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119132825/http://navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2021/january/9573-russian-navy-preparing-to-accept-hypersonic-air-ballistic-kinzhal-missile-into-service.html|url-status=live}}</ref> some K-variant reported in anti-ship role with Kh-47M2 Kinzhal hypersonic anti-ship missiles (ASM);<ref name="thebarentsobserver.com"/><ref>{{Cite web| last1=Axe | first1=David |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2020/12/16/russia-just-doubled-its-hypersonic-strike-force/?sh=c2209755930a|title = Russia Just Doubled Its Hypersonic Strike Force|website = [[Forbes]]}}</ref> Su-24 reported converting to [[Su-34|Su-34 (“Fullback”) fighters]] with [[Kh-35]]U ASM ([[Monchegorsk (air base)]];<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rcinet.ca/eye-on-the-arctic/2019/07/19/russia-northern-sea-route-kola-peninsula-air-force-su-34-arctic/|title=Russia establishes new Arctic air squadron to protect its Northern Sea Route|first1=Atle|last1=Staalesen|first2=The Independent Barents|last2=Observer|date=July 19, 2019|access-date=October 1, 2020|archive-date=January 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123114648/https://www.rcinet.ca/eye-on-the-arctic/2019/07/19/russia-northern-sea-route-kola-peninsula-air-force-su-34-arctic/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://iz.ru/892341/aleksei-ramm-bogdan-stepovoi/bei-do-dna-arktiku-prikroiut-noveishie-bombardirovshchiki|title=Бей до дна: Арктику прикроют новейшие бомбардировщики|first=Алексей Рамм, Богдан|last=Степовой|date=June 28, 2019|website=Известия|access-date=October 1, 2020|archive-date=September 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925163809/https://iz.ru/892341/aleksei-ramm-bogdan-stepovoi/bei-do-dna-arktiku-prikroiut-noveishie-bombardirovshchiki|url-status=live}}</ref> retirement of Su-24s may still not be complete as of 2025;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://global.espreso.tv/russia-ukraine-war-russian-aviation-threat-to-nato-su-24-use-losses-capabilities#:~:text=On%20forums%20of%20former%20pilots,hangars%20(as%20of%202021).|title=Russian aviation – threat to NATO: Su-24 fleet, capabilities, losses |last= Boianivska |first=Nadia |date=10 January 2025 |website=Espresso |access-date=2 November 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.armadainternational.com/2025/04/arctic-meridians-electronic-warfare/#:~:text=The%2045th%20AADFA%20possesses%20the,www.ewanalytics.llc/.|title=Arctic Meridians |last= Withington  |first=Thomas |date=2 April 2025 |website=Armada International |access-date=2 November 2025}}</ref> one 2025 report suggests 98th Aviation Regiment may transfer from the Northern Fleet to [[Russian Aerospace Forces]] in the Leningrad Military District - unconfirmed)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/fighter-jet-hub-on-kola-peninsula-wins-glory-for-war-efforts/425540 |title=Fighter jet hub on Kola Peninsula wins glory for war efforts |last= Staalesen  |first=Atle |date=27 February 2025 |website=The Barents Observer |access-date=3 November 2025}}</ref>
** [[100th Independent Shipborne Fighter Aviation Regiment]] – Severomorsk-3 air base; Two Squadrons: mix of carrier-capable [[Mikoyan MiG-29|MiG-29K/KUB]], [[Su-27]]/KUB and [[Su-25]]/UTG aircraft reported<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2021/march/9821-mig-29k-fighter-from-russian-navy-deployed-for-the-first-time-in-arctic.html|title=MiG-29K fighter from Russian Navy deployed for the first time in Arctic|access-date=2021-03-14|archive-date=2021-03-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210314081623/http://navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2021/march/9821-mig-29k-fighter-from-russian-navy-deployed-for-the-first-time-in-arctic.html|url-status=live}}</ref> (Carrier-capable MiG-29K reported deployed in land-based role since 2017, including at Rogachyovo airfield<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tass.com/defense/1265271|title=MiG-29K fighters go on combat duty on Russian Arctic archipelago for first time|access-date=2021-03-12|archive-date=2021-03-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312105254/https://tass.com/defense/1265271|url-status=live}}</ref>)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theaviationist.com/2016/11/02/watch-this-video-of-russian-su-33-and-mig-29k-jets-operating-from-the-deck-of-kuznetsov-aircraft-carrier-in-the-med-sea/|title=Watch this video of Russian Su-33 and MiG-29K jets operating from the deck of Kuznetsov aircraft carrier in the Med Sea|first=David|last=Cenciotti|date=November 2, 2016|access-date=September 2, 2020|archive-date=November 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108195415/https://theaviationist.com/2016/11/02/watch-this-video-of-russian-su-33-and-mig-29k-jets-operating-from-the-deck-of-kuznetsov-aircraft-carrier-in-the-med-sea/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://militaryleak.com/2020/02/26/100th-independent-shipborne-fighter-aviation-regiment-mikoyan-mig-29k-kub-carrier-based-fighter/|title=100th Independent Shipborne Fighter Aviation Regiment Mikoyan MiG-29K/KUB Carrier-Based Fighter|date=February 26, 2020|website=MilitaryLeak|access-date=September 2, 2020|archive-date=December 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211031013/https://militaryleak.com/2020/02/26/100th-independent-shipborne-fighter-aviation-regiment-mikoyan-mig-29k-kub-carrier-based-fighter/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="auto2"/>
** 279th Shipborne Fighter Aviation Regiment – HQ at [[Severomorsk-3 (air base)|Severomorsk-3]]  – Two Squadrons: [[Su-33|Su-33 (Flanker-D)]]/Su-25UTG<ref name="auto2"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tass.com/defense/1288395|title=Russia's sole aircraft carrier may get latest radio-technical equipment|access-date=2021-05-12|archive-date=2021-05-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512105533/https://tass.com/defense/1288395|url-status=live}}</ref> (as of 2025)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.armadainternational.com/2025/04/arctic-meridians-electronic-warfare/#:~:text=The%2045th%20AADFA%20possesses%20the,www.ewanalytics.llc/.|title=Arctic Meridians |last= Withington  |first=Thomas |date=2 April 2025 |website=Armada International |access-date=2 November 2025}}</ref>
** 174th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://iz.ru/839212/aleksei-ramm-aleksei-kozachenko/severnaia-migratciia-v-arktike-buden-sozdan-istrebitelnyi-aviapolk|title=Северная МиГрация: в Арктике будет создан истребительный авиаполк|first=Алексей Рамм, Алексей|last=Козаченко|date=February 5, 2019|website=Известия|access-date=October 2, 2020|archive-date=October 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009040935/https://iz.ru/839212/aleksei-ramm-aleksei-kozachenko/severnaia-migratciia-v-arktike-buden-sozdan-istrebitelnyi-aviapolk|url-status=live}}</ref> reported active as of 2021 with [[MiG-31]]BM<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://russiandefpolicy.com/2021/01/18/arctic-interceptors/|title=Arctic Interceptors |website=Russian Defense Policy |access-date=2 November 2025 |date=18 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eng.mil.ru/en/structure/forces/aerospace/news/more.htm?id=12335043@egNews|title=Crews of MiG-31BM fighter-interceptors of the Northern Fleet took up combat duty in the Novaya Zemlya archipelago : Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation|access-date=2021-02-04|archive-date=2021-03-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302211234/http://eng.mil.ru/en/structure/forces/aerospace/news/more.htm?id=12335043@egNews|url-status=live}}</ref> (K-variant in anti-ship role with Kh-47M2 Kinzhal ASM) (Monchegorsk airfield with additional forward operating bases, including [[Nagurskoye (air base)|Nagurskoye air field]] on Alexandra Land,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2019/12/nuclear-capable-air-launched-ballistic-missile-tested-over-barents-sea|title=Nuclear-capable air-launched ballistic missile tested over the Barents Sea|website=The Independent Barents Observer|date=December 2019 |access-date=2020-10-02|archive-date=2020-09-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930180901/https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2019/12/nuclear-capable-air-launched-ballistic-missile-tested-over-barents-sea|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Rogachevo (air base)|Rogachevo air base]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2021/02/new-russian-fighter-jets-standby-upgraded-arctic-air-base|title=New Russian fighter jets on standby in upgraded Arctic air base|date=8 February 2021 |access-date=2021-03-05|archive-date=2021-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303133015/https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2021/02/new-russian-fighter-jets-standby-upgraded-arctic-air-base|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":11">{{Cite web|url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2021/03/busy-skies|title=Busy day for Russian military in the skies above Arctic|date=30 March 2021 |access-date=2021-03-30|archive-date=2021-03-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210330084729/https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2021/03/busy-skies|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Sredniy]] in Severnaya Zemlya, [[Kotelny]] in the New Siberian Islands and [[Wrangel Island]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2019/12/russias-top-general-indirectly-confirms-arctic-deployment-unstoppable-missile|title=Russia's top General indirectly confirms Arctic deployment of the unstoppable Kinzhal missile|website=The Independent Barents Observer|date=19 December 2019 |access-date=2020-10-01|archive-date=2020-09-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930141939/https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2019/12/russias-top-general-indirectly-confirms-arctic-deployment-unstoppable-missile|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2020/04/northernmost-arctic-airfield-now-operational-all-year-says-russian-military|title=Northernmost Arctic airfield now operational all-year, says Russian Military|website=The Independent Barents Observer|access-date=2020-10-01|archive-date=2020-09-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930170632/https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2020/04/northernmost-arctic-airfield-now-operational-all-year-says-russian-military|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2020/12/northern-fleet-prepares-deployment-hypersonic-missile-kinzhal|title=Northern Fleet prepares deployment of hypersonic missile Kinzhal|date=16 December 2020 |access-date=2020-12-17|archive-date=2020-12-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201217081407/https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2020/12/northern-fleet-prepares-deployment-hypersonic-missile-kinzhal|url-status=live}}</ref>
* '''Maritime Patrol/ASW aircraft''':
** 703rd Independent Air Squadron – HQ at Kipelovo (Fedotovo) – [[Tu-142]]MK, Tu-142MR Maritime Patrol/ASW aircraft;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fiia.fi/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/bp359_russian-aggression-and-the-european-arctic_harri-mikkola-samu-paukkunen-pekka-toveri.pdf |title=Russian Aggression and the European Arctic p. 6 |date=April 2023 |access-date=3 November 2025|last1= Mikkola  |first1=Harri |last2=Paukkunen |first2=Samu |last3=Toveri  |first3= Pekka|website=Finnish Institute of International Affairs}}</ref><ref name=":11" />
** 403rd Guards Mixed Aviation Regiment – HQ at [[Severomorsk-1]] –  One ASW/ELINT Squadron: [[Il-38]]/N ASW aircraft, [[Ilyushin Il-18|Il-22 command aircraft]] (NATO reporting name: ''Coot B''), and [[Ilyushin Il-18|Il-20]]RT electronic intelligence aircraft; One Transport Squadron: [[Tupolev Tu-134]], [[An-12]], [[An-26]] transport aircraft (2019)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fiia.fi/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/bp359_russian-aggression-and-the-european-arctic_harri-mikkola-samu-paukkunen-pekka-toveri.pdf |title=Russian Aggression and the European Arctic p. 6 |date=April 2023 |access-date=3 November 2025|last1= Mikkola  |first1=Harri |last2=Paukkunen |first2=Samu |last3=Toveri  |first3= Pekka|website=Finnish Institute of International Affairs}}</ref><ref name=":12">[http://dl.magazinedl.com/magazinedl/AirForces%20Monthly/2020/AirForces%20Monthly%20-%20January%202020(magazinedl.com).pdf Air Forces Monthly (January 2020) p. 20]{{Dead link|date=October 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref>
** 830th Independent Shipborne Anti-Submarine Helicopter Regiment – HQ at [[Severomorsk-1]] – [[Ka-27]]/PL/M ASW,<ref name=":5" /> [[Ka-29]] attack, [[Ka-31]] airborne radar helicopters (2019)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fiia.fi/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/bp359_russian-aggression-and-the-european-arctic_harri-mikkola-samu-paukkunen-pekka-toveri.pdf |title=Russian Aggression and the European Arctic p. 6 |date=April 2023 |access-date=3 November 2025|last1= Mikkola  |first1=Harri |last2=Paukkunen |first2=Samu |last3=Toveri  |first3= Pekka|website=Finnish Institute of International Affairs}}</ref><ref name=":12" />
* '''Bombers''':
** 40th Mixed Aviation Regiment<ref name=":10">{{Cite web|url=https://www.gfsis.org/maps/russian-military-forces|title=Russian Military Forces: Interactive Map|access-date=2021-01-20|archive-date=2021-01-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127194820/https://www.gfsis.org/maps/russian-military-forces|url-status=live}}</ref> (previously 924th Long Range Air Reconnaissance Regiment?) – HQ at [[Olenegorsk, Murmansk Oblast|Olenegorsk]]/[[Olenya]] – [[Tu-22M]]3 ''Backfire'' bombers with [[Kh-32]] long-range supersonic and [[Kh-47M2 Kinzhal]] hypersonic anti-ship missiles;<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2019/january/renewed-backfire-bomber-threat-us-navy|title = The Renewed Backfire Bomber Threat to the U.S. Navy|date = January 2019|access-date = 2021-03-29|archive-date = 2021-03-04|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210304212921/https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2019/january/renewed-backfire-bomber-threat-us-navy|url-status = live}}</ref><ref>Tupolev TU-22Ms</ref> – Deployed in the Northern Fleet/45th Air Army area of operations but under command of Russian [[Russian Long Range Aviation|Long-Range Aviation]] Forces<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviationphotodigest.com/russian-long-range-aviation-forces/|title=Russian Long Range Aviation Forces|first=Patrick|last=Roegies|date=July 20, 2015|access-date=October 6, 2020|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108102504/https://aviationphotodigest.com/russian-long-range-aviation-forces/|url-status=live}}</ref>

* '''1st Air Defence Division''' (Murmansk Oblast)<ref name="auto10"/><ref name=":10" />
** 531st Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Severomorsk-1 and 3 air base region – [[S-400 missile system|S-400]]/[[Pantsir missile system|Pantsir-S1]] surface-to-air missiles)
** 583rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Olenya region – [[S-300 missile|S-300PM/PS surface-to-air missile system]])
** 1528th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment ([[Severodvinsk]] – S-400 SAMs)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.armadainternational.com/2025/04/arctic-meridians-electronic-warfare/#:~:text=The%2045th%20AADFA%20possesses%20the,www.ewanalytics.llc/.|title=Arctic Meridians |last= Withington  |first=Thomas |date=2 April 2025 |website=Armada International |access-date=2 November 2025}}</ref>
* '''3rd Air Defence Division''' (created 2019):<ref name="auto12">{{Cite web|url=https://www.gfsis.org/russian-monitor/view/2713#:~:text=In%20early%202019%2C%20Russians%20established,under%20the%20Northern%20Fleet's%20command.|title=Russian Military Transformation Tracker: Issue 1, August 2018 – July 2019|access-date=2020-10-05|archive-date=2020-10-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201008053015/https://www.gfsis.org/russian-monitor/view/2713#:~:text=In%20early%202019%2C%20Russians%20established,under%20the%20Northern%20Fleet's%20command.|url-status=live}}</ref>
** 33rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (S-400 SAM systems) ([[Rogachevo (air base)|Rogachovo air base]], [[Novaya Zemlya]], Arkhangelsk Oblast) (as of 2019)<ref name="auto12"/> 
** 414th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment established in 2019 with [[S-300 missile|S-300V4 and/or S-300PS? surface-to-air missile system]] at [[Tiksi]]<ref name="auto12"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gfsis.org/russian-monitor/view/2902|title=Russian Military Transformation Tracker, Issue 2: 1 August 2019-15 December 2020|access-date=21 February 2021|archive-date=23 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201223130505/https://www.gfsis.org/russian-monitor/view/2902|url-status=live}}</ref>
* S-400 SAM deployments reported in both 1st and 3rd Air Defence Divisions at: [[Alexandra Land]] (Nagurskoye air base), [[Kotelny Island]], and [[Wrangel Island]], among others.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2019/12/deployment-s-400-arctic-bases-creates-air-defense-shield-over-northern-russia|title=Deployment of S-400 in Arctic bases creates air defense shield over northern Russia|website=The Independent Barents Observer|access-date=2020-09-17|archive-date=2020-10-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001131430/https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2019/12/deployment-s-400-arctic-bases-creates-air-defense-shield-over-northern-russia|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="auto3">{{Cite journal|url=https://www.csis.org/analysis/ice-curtain-s-400-deployments-and-enhanced-defense-russias-western-arctic-rogachevo-air|title=Ice Curtain: S-400 Deployments and Enhanced Defense of Russia's Western Arctic (Rogachevo Air Base)|website=www.csis.org|date=30 March 2020 |access-date=2020-10-01|archive-date=2020-08-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831154335/https://www.csis.org/analysis/ice-curtain-s-400-deployments-and-enhanced-defense-russias-western-arctic-rogachevo-air|url-status=live|last1=Jr |first1=Joseph S. Bermudez |last2=Conley |first2=Heather A. |last3=Melino |first3=Matthew }}</ref>
* [[S-300 missile|S-300P SAM]] (NATO reporting name: SA-10 Grumble) at Rogachovo air base and elsewhere.<ref name="auto3"/>

[[File:Northern Fleet Naval Infantry Forces.png|thumb|Northern Fleet Naval Infantry Forces]]

===Northern Fleet Coastal Troops===
* '''Naval Infantry/Special Forces'''
** [[61st Naval Infantry Brigade (Russia)|61st Guards Naval Infantry Brigade]]: As of February 2022, elements of the Brigade reported deployed to the Black Sea as part of Russian amphibious task force for operations in Ukraine. As of September 2025, elements of the brigade were reported operating in [[Dobropillya]] tactical area in eastern Ukraine. The brigade had previously been reported operating in the area of [[Kherson]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://understandingwar.org/research/russia-ukraine/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-september-10-2025/ | title=Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 10, 2025|website= Institute for the Study of War |date=10 September 2025 |access-date=25 September 2025}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2022/03/hundreds-russian-arctic-troops-believed-be-involved-war-crimes-ukraine|title = Hundreds of Russian Arctic troops believed to be involved in war crimes in Ukraine|newspaper=The Independent Barents Observer | date=2 March 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://function.mil.ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12453202@egNews | title=Marines of the Northern Fleet are improving their combat skills in the Arctic|publisher= Russian Ministry of Defence|date=2023-02-01}}</ref>
** 420th Naval Reconnaissance Spetsnaz Point (Special Forces battalion) (Zverosovkhoz)<ref name="auto10"/>
* '''Coastal Missile & Artillery Troops''': 536th Coastal Missile and Artillery Brigade (coastal missile brigades normally deployed with 3–5 [[K-300P Bastion-P]] battalions and 1–2 [[Kh-35|Bal]] battalions).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.warfare.ru/?linkid=2233&catid=321|title=Боевые искусства. Все о самообороне|date=20 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130620153028/http://www.warfare.ru/?linkid=2233&catid=321|access-date=12 April 2022|archive-date=2013-06-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://warsawinstitute.org/missiles-bases-and-drills-russia-flexes-military-muscles-in-the-arctic/|title=Missiles, Bases and Drills: Russia Flexes Military Muscles in the Arctic|date=September 25, 2019|access-date=October 5, 2020|archive-date=October 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201008132516/https://warsawinstitute.org/missiles-bases-and-drills-russia-flexes-military-muscles-in-the-arctic/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2018/january-2018-navy-naval-defense-news/5858-russian-navy-strengthens-its-coastal-missile-brigades-with-bal-and-bastion-systems.html|title=Russian Navy strengthens its coastal missile brigades with BAL and BASTION systems|access-date=2020-12-20|archive-date=2020-10-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027040432/https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2018/january-2018-navy-naval-defense-news/5858-russian-navy-strengthens-its-coastal-missile-brigades-with-bal-and-bastion-systems.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Kh-35|Bal mobile coastal missile system]] reported deployed on the [[Sredny Peninsula]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2019/08/russia-deploys-bastion-missile-system-70-km-norways-vardo-radar|title=Russia deploys missile system 70 km from Norway's Vardø radar|website=The Independent Barents Observer|date=7 August 2019 |access-date=2020-09-17|archive-date=2020-09-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920041320/https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2019/08/russia-deploys-bastion-missile-system-70-km-norways-vardo-radar|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Franz Josef Land|Franz Josef Island]] (planned to be fitted at strategic locations along the entire [[Northern Sea Route]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2021/04/russias-bal-missile-system-will-cover-entire-northern-sea-route|title=Russia's Bal missile system will cover entire Northern Sea Route|date=15 April 2021 |access-date=2021-04-15|archive-date=2021-04-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415105051/https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2021/04/russias-bal-missile-system-will-cover-entire-northern-sea-route|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[K-300P Bastion-P|Bastion coastal defence missile system]] with [[P-800 Oniks]] supersonic anti-ship cruise missiles reported on Alexandra Land in the Franz Josef Islands and Kotelny Island.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2020/04/russias-bastion-missile-systems-pass-winter-tests-in-the-arctic/|title=Russia's Bastion Missile Systems Pass Winter Tests in the Arctic|first=Xavier|last=Vavasseur|date=April 27, 2020|access-date=October 1, 2020|archive-date=September 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928092528/https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2020/04/russias-bastion-missile-systems-pass-winter-tests-in-the-arctic/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2021/09/franz-josef-land-kola-northern-fleet-fights-simulated-enemy-parallel-zapad-2021|title=Northern Fleet exercises in parallel with Zapad-2021|date=15 September 2021 |access-date=2021-09-21|archive-date=2021-09-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921122844/https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2021/09/franz-josef-land-kola-northern-fleet-fights-simulated-enemy-parallel-zapad-2021|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Commanders==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Name
!Period of command
|-
|[[Zakhar Aleksandrovich Zakupnev|Zakhar Zakupnev]] (Flag Officer First Rank)
|29 May 1933 – 13 March 1935<br />Northern Flotilla
|-
|[[Konstantin Ivanovich Dushenov|Konstantin Dushenov]] (Flag Officer First Rank)
|13 March 1935 – 11 May 1937<br />Northern Fleet<br />11 May 1937 – 28 May 1938
|-
|[[Valentin Drozd]] (Vice Admiral)
|28 May 1938 – 26 July 1940
|-
|[[Arseniy Grigoryevich Golovko|Arseniy Golovko]] (Admiral)
|26 July 1940 – 4 August 1946
|-
|[[Vasiliy Ivanovich Platonov|Vasiliy Platonov]] (Admiral)
|4 August 1946 – 23 April 1952
|-
|[[Andrey Trofimovich Chabanenko|Andrey Chabanenko]] (Admiral)
|23 April 1952 – 28 February 1962
|-
|[[Vladimir Afanasyevich Kasatonov|Vladimir Kasatonov]] (Admiral)
|28 February 1962 – 2 June 1964
|-
|[[Semen Mikhaylovich Lobov|Semyon Lobov]] (Fleet Admiral)
|2 June 1964 – 3 May 1972
|-
|[[Georgiy Mikhaylovich Egorov|Georgiy Egorov]] (Fleet Admiral)
|3 May 1972 – 1 July 1977
|-
|[[Vladimir Nikolayevich Chernavin|Vladimir Chernavin]] (Fleet Admiral)
|1 July 1977 – 16 December 1981
|-
|[[Arkadiy Petrovich Mikhaylovskiy|Arkadiy Mikhaylovskiy]] (Admiral)
|16 December 1981 – 25 February 1985
|-
|[[Ivan Matveyevich Kapitanets|Ivan Kapitanets]] (Admiral)
|25 February 1985 – 19 March 1988
|-
|[[Feliks Nikolayevich Gromov|Feliks Gromov]] (Admiral)
|19 March 1988 – 14 March 1992
|-
|[[Oleg Yerofeyev]] (Admiral)
|14 March 1992 – 29 January 1999
|-
|[[Vyacheslav Alekseyevich Popov|Vyacheslav Popov]] (Admiral)
|29 January 1999 – 15 December 2001
|-
|[[Gennady Aleksandrovich Suchkov|Gennady Suchkov]] (Admiral)
|16 December 2001 – 29 May 2004
|-
|[[Mikhail Leopoldovich Abramov|Mikhail Abramov]] (Admiral)
|29 May 2004 – 26 September 2005
|-
|[[Vladimir Sergeyevich Vysotsky|Vladimir Vysotskiy]] (Admiral)
|26 September 2005 – 11 September 2007
|-
|[[Nikolai Maksimov|Nikolay Maksimov]] (Vice Admiral)
|12 September 2007 – 30 March 2011
|-
|[[Andrey Olgertovich Volozhinskiy|Andrey Volozhinskiy]] (Rear Admiral) – Acting
|30 March 2011 – 24 June 2011
|-
|[[Vladimir Ivanovich Korolev|Vladimir Korolev]] (Admiral)
|24 June 2011 – November 2015
|-
|[[Nikolay Yevmenov]] (Admiral)
|November 2015 – 3 May 2019
|-
|[[Aleksandr Alekseyevich Moiseyev|Aleksandr Moiseyev]] (Admiral)
|3 May 2019 – 10 March 2024
|-
|[[Konstantin Kabantsov]] (Vice-Admiral)
|10 March 2024 – present
|-
|}


== See also ==
* [[Status-6 Oceanic Multipurpose System|Status 6]] (Poseidon)

==References ==
{{Reflist}}
'''Attribution:''' {{GSEncyclopedia}}

==Further reading==
* {{Cite journal |last=Åtland |first=Kristian |date=26 August 2011 |title=Russia's Armed Forces and the Arctic: All Quiet on the Northern Front? |journal=Contemporary Security Policy |volume=32 |issue=2 |doi=10.1080/13523260.2011.590354 |pages=267–285|s2cid=154905862 }}

==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060824185313/http://www.mil.ru/848/1045/1274/8948/8949/index.shtml Official site at mil.ru] {{in lang|ru}}
*[https://bellona.org/news/nuclear-issues/russian-navy/2003-02-the-russian-northern-fleet-2 Bellona Foundation site about the Russian Northern Fleet]
*[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fRUSl6u0BBw "Прощание Славянки" – Оркестр штаба Северного Флота (2014)]
*[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MeDxvxyj44o Оркестр Штаба Северного Флота и Виктор Седнев – Бузуки]
*[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=33qmIXurhXc Оркестр Северного Флота – Норильск 29.08.19]

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