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Nagurskoye (Russian: Нагу́рское; also written as Nagurskaja) (ICAO: UODN) is an airfield in Alexandra Land in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia located 1,350 kilometres (840 mi) north of Murmansk. It is an extremely remote Arctic base and Russia's northernmost military base. [2] The base is named after Polish-Russian pilot Jan Nagórski.
Its jurisdiction is primarily within the northern region of European Russia and the Arctic Ocean. [22] The formal status of the Northern Fleet as a command equal to that of other Russian military districts took effect on January 1, 2021. [23] The Northern Fleet includes about two-thirds of all the Russian Navy's nuclear-powered ships.
Location Ships / Units Citations Kaspiysk naval base Dagestan: HQ, Caspian Flotilla. 177th Separate Guards Naval Infantry Regiment. 51st Separate Coastal Missile Battalion. Bal; Frigates, gunboats, corvettes, minesweepers, landing craft [37] [38] [39] Trudfront naval base Astrakhan Oblast: Landing craft, support ships Astrakhan naval base ...
The list includes overseas Russian airbases including those in Russian occupied Crimea. It can be compared with the List of Soviet Air Force bases; virtually no new airbase construction has taken place since 1991. The main air armies are the: 4th Air and Air Defence Forces Army which is part of the Southern Military District
Russia is giving the world a look at its new Arctic military base through an online virtual tour.
Troops of the Russian 102nd Military Base at Republic Square, Yerevan during the 2016 Armenian Independence Day military parade. This article lists military bases of Russia abroad. The majority of Russia's military bases and facilities are located in former Soviet republics; which in Russian political parlance is termed the "near abroad".
With relations between Moscow and Western governments the iciest in decades due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, analysts wonder if the Arctic will become the next powder keg.
The Northern Joint Strategic Command's area of responsibility. The Northern Fleet Joint Strategic Command (Russian: Объединённое стратегическое командование «Северный флот», romanized: Ob'edinyonnoye strategicheskoe komandovanie (Severn'y Flot)), was a military district of the Russian Armed Forces, with its jurisdiction primarily within the ...