 Nyora kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Nzvimbo yeZapadnaya Litsa yakatanga kugadzirwa muna 1939 senzvimbo diki yemauto emauto eNazi Germany, pakutanga kweHondo Yenyika II, semhedzisiro yeMolotov-Ribbentrop Chibvumirano. Yaizoshandiswa nengarava dzeGermany pasi pezita rokuti Basis Nord, asi kupindirwa kwakabudirira kweGermany kweNorway gore rakatevera racho nokukurumidza kwakaita kuti chiteshi chacho chisashandisike. Nzvimbo yacho yakaramba isina kubatwa kusvikira mukupera kwema1950, apo yakavandudzwazve neSoviet Union kuti igadzire ngarava dzepurogiramu itsva yezvikepe zvepasi pevhu zveSoviet Navy. Nzvimbo yokutanga yakavakwa, Malaya Lopatka, yakava chiteshi chengarava chokutanga chenyukireya cheSoviet, K-3 Leninsky Komsomol. Muna 1958, musha weZaozerny zvino Zaozyorsk wakaumbwa pedyo neZapadnaya Litsa base, uye wakachengetwa wakavanzika uye uchizivikanwa pasi pemazita akasiyana siyana. 