The 1991–92

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was the last edition of an already non-existing political entity, the

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. On December 25, 1991 the

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announced that he resigns as president. On December 26, the

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, the upper chamber of the Union's Supreme Soviet, voted the Soviet Union out of existence (the lower chamber, the

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, had been unable to work since December 12, when the recall of the Russian deputies left it without a

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). In the spring of 1992, all three remaining Ukrainian clubs withdrew from the competition leaving only Russian and Central Asian clubs to contest the main trophy. Because of that only one game was played during the competition's quarterfinals, while a club from

Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

Pamir Dushanbe CSKA Pamir Dushanbe ( tg, Клуби футболи ЦСКА-Помир Душанбе, Klubi Futboli CSKA Pomir Dushanbe; fa, زسکا پامیر دوشنبه) is a professional football club based in Dushanbe, Tajikistan that currently plays in ...

, advanced to the semifinals where it was eliminated. The winner of the competition,

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, qualified for the continental tournament representing Russia in the

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Participating teams

Source: [] ;Legend marks clubs that took part in competitions, note, not all clubs of the First League played ;Notes * Ukrainian Polesie and Neftianik were finalists of the 1990 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR, 1990 football cup of the Ukrainian SSR * Dinamo Baku represented the youth center of Olympic preparation in Baku, Pardaugava Riga was based on a youth team of Latvian SSR.

Competition schedule

First preliminary round

All games took place on April 17, 1991.

Second preliminary round

Games took place on July 1, 1991.

Bracket

First round

First games

Second games

Second round

The round started in one country, but later its postponed games were played in another.

First games

Second games

Quarter-finals

Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union on December 25, 1991, clubs from around the fallen Soviet Union refused their further participation among which were Ukrainian clubs who effectively forfeiting their chances at the Cup, Belarusian Dinamo Minsk, Kazakhstani Khimik Dzhambul, and others, leaving only Pamir Dushanbe as the non-Russian club still in the competition.

Semi-finals

Final

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Top goalscorers

Number of teams by union republic

References

External links

Calendar

Statistics
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Participating teams

Competition schedule

First preliminary round

Second preliminary round

Bracket

First round

First games

Second games

Second round

First games

Second games

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Top goalscorers

Number of teams by union republic

See also

References

External links