The history of the USSR championships began on April 4, 1933. On that day the first matches among the national teams of the five cities were held at the Palace of Metalworkers in Dnepropetrovsk. These competitions, as well as the next three similar championships, were officially called the All-Union Volleyball Holidays.
The USSR championships among club teams representing various voluntary sports societies and departments were held since 1938. In 1956, 1959, 1963 and 1967 the USSR champion title was played in the Summer Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR. In 1937, 1941-1944 and 1964 there were no USSR Championship competitions.
In the 1991/92 season the USSR Volleyball Federation organized the CIS Open Championship, a number of its participants in 1992 played in parallel the first Russian Championship.
List of Champions 1933 : Moscow 1934 : Moscow 1935 : Moscow 1936 : Moscow 1938 : Spartak Leningrad 1939 : Spartak Leningrad 1940 : 1945 : Dynamo Moscow 1946 : Dynamo Moscow 1947 : Dynamo Moscow 1948 : Dynamo Moscow 1949 : CSKA Moscow 1950 : CSKA Moscow 1951 : Dynamo Moscow 1952 : VVS MVO Moscow 1953 : CSKA Moscow 1954 : CSKA Moscow 1955 : CSKA Moscow 1956 : Ukraine 1957 : Spartak Leningrad 1958 : CSKA Moscow 1959 : Leningrad 1960 : CSKA Moscow 1961 : CSKA Moscow 1962 : CSKA Moscow 1963 : Moscow 1965 : CSKA Moscow 1966 : CSKA Moscow 1967 : Ukraine 1968 : Kalev Tallinn 1969 : Burevestnik Alma-Ata 1970 : CSKA Moscow 1971 : CSKA Moscow 1972 : CSKA Moscow 1973 : CSKA Moscow 1974 : CSKA Moscow 1975 : CSKA Moscow 1976 : CSKA Moscow 1977 : CSKA Moscow 1978 : CSKA Moscow 1979 : CSKA Moscow 1980 : CSKA Moscow 1981 : CSKA Moscow 1982 : CSKA Moscow 1983 : CSKA Moscow 1984 : Radiotechnik Riga 1985 : CSKA Moscow 1986 : CSKA Moscow 1987 : CSKA Moscow 1988 : CSKA Moscow 1989 : CSKA Moscow 1990 : CSKA Moscow 1991 : CSKA Moscow 1992 : VC Shakhtar Donetsk Sources League history in sports123.com Retrieved 7 November 2021Призёры Спартакиад народов СССР Retrieved 7 November 2021 Волейбол: Справочник Retrieved 7 November 2021
See also Volleyball in Russia Russian Volleyball Super League References
External links Soviet Union Men's Championship Editions