Hanko Peninsula Naval Base
- The Hanko Peninsula naval base (commander General S.I. Kobanov) on the Hanko Peninsula was responsible for the No.5 Defence Sector and included
- 29th Hanko Peninsula naval base Fortified Region (Russian: Укреплённый район военно-морской базы Ханко) (General Major Shore Duty Aleksei Borisovish Yeliseyev)
- 8th Separate Rifle Brigade (Colonel Nikolai Pavlovich Simonyak)
- Hanko Peninsula Border Guard detachment
- 13th Figher Aviation Regiment Separate Reconnaissance Air Squadron
- Submarine Divizion
- Torpedo Boat Brigade
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