Soviet Championships (tennis)

	Soviet Championships (tennis) Soviet Championship may refer to: * Russian Volleyball Super League * Soviet Championship (rugby union) * Soviet Championship League, ice hockey league * USSR Chess Championship See also * USSR Championship (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Russian Volleyball Super League The Russian Volleyball Super League (RVSL) (russian: Волейбольная суперлига) is the top league of Russian professional volleyball. It was founded in 1992, and it is considered to be the continuer of the Soviet top league, founded in 1933. Winners of the Soviet championship * 1933–1936 – Moscow. * 1938, 1939 – Spartak (Leningrad) * 1940 – Spartak Moscow * 1945–1948 – Dynamo Moscow * 1949, 1950 – VC CDKA Moscow * 1951 – Dynamo Moscow * 1952 – VC VVS MVO * 1953, 1954 – VC CDKA Moscow * 1955 – VC CSK Moscow * 1956 – Ukrainian SSR * 1957 – Spartak (Leningrad) * 1958 – VC CSK Moscow * 1959 – Leningrad * 1960–1962 – VC CSKA Moscow * 1963 – Leningrad * 1965, 1966 – VC CSKA Moscow * 1967 – Ukrainian SSR * 1968 – Kalev Tallinn * 1969 – Burevestnik Alma-Ata * 1970–1983 – VC CSKA Moscow * 1984 – Radiotechnik Riga * 1985–1991 – VC CSKA Moscow * 1992 – VC Shakhtar Donetsk Teams The following clubs competed in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Soviet Championship (rugby Union) The Soviet Championship was a rugby union club competition between the domestic teams of the Soviet Union era. It was first contested in 1936, and was last held in 1990. Results Results by republic See also * Soviet Cup * Professional Rugby League External links Soviet Era of rugby union Rugby union in the Soviet Union Defunct rugby union leagues in Europe rugby union 1936 establishments in the Soviet Union Sports leagues established in 1936 Rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ... {{USSR-sport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Soviet Championship League The Soviet Hockey Championship (russian: Чемпионат СССР по хоккею) was the highest level ice hockey league in the Soviet Union, running from 1946 to 1992. Before the 1940s the game of ice hockey was not cultivated in Russia, instead the more popular form of hockey was bandy. Following the History of the Soviet Union (1985-1991), dissolution of the USSR, the league was temporarily renamed the CIS Championship in 1992. This organization was the direct predecessor of the ''International Hockey League (1992–1996), International Hockey League'' (russian: Межнациональная хоккейная Лига), and subsequent Russian Superleague (RSL) and current Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). History The Soviet Championship League began in 1946, with 12 teams playing 7 games each. Teams were based in Arkhangelsk, Kaunas, Saint Petersburg, Leningrad, Moscow, Riga, Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk, Tallinn and Uzhhorod, and eight of them were from the military or pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	USSR Chess Championship The USSR Chess Championship was played from 1921 to 1991. Organized by the USSR Chess Federation, it was the strongest national chess championship ever held, with eight world chess champions and four world championship finalists among its winners. It was held as a round-robin tournament with the exception of the 35th and 58th championships, which were of the Swiss system. Most wins Six titles: Mikhail Botvinnik, Mikhail Tal Four titles: Tigran Petrosian, Viktor Korchnoi, Alexander Beliavsky Three titles: Paul Keres, Leonid Stein, Anatoly Karpov List of winners : See also Women's Soviet Chess Championship * Russian Chess Championship Publications * Mark Taimanov, Bernard Cafferty, Soviet Championships, London, Everyman Chess, 1998 () References Further reading The Soviet Chess Championship 1920-1991 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]