On December 14, 1849, in accordance with the Decree of Emperor Nicholas I, the Okhotsk military flotilla was transferred to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Kamchatka.

[1] In March 1998 the Northeastern Group of Troops and Forces was created from the Kamchatka Flotilla.

It was based on the Kamchatka Peninsula and had responsibility for a coastal zone of the Pacific Ocean.

[1] Until 1 June 2002, the 22nd Motor Rifle Division of the Far East Military District was located on the peninsula.

It includes: Ship and Vessel units Marines 40th Separate Naval Infantry Brigade (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky); Coastal Defense units 520th Separate Missile Brigade (Sakhalin and The Kuril Islands); Aviation and Air Defence units (see ru:Елизово (аэропорт))