# List of USSR Russian draughts championship winners

List winners of USSR championship in Russian draughts.
The annual draughts competition was held in the USSR from 1924 to 1991. The first official championship was held in 1924 in Moscow. The last championship was held in 1991 in connection with the disintegration of the USSR. The championships were held in a round robin system. The first and second championships were held without time control and without recording the games, which became mandatory starting from the third championship. The regulation gave 1 hour for 15 moves. It lasted until 1972.
Since 1952, the championship began to be held with quarterfinals, semi-finals and finals. In 1961, for the first time, the national championship final was held on the Swiss system. In 1969, the Swiss system semi-final was held with 70 athletes, in the final 10 checkers played in a two-round robin system. In 1972, the system of micro-matches, proposed by the Moscow master Vladimir Gagarin, was used for the first time, designed to increase the number of productive games. According to this system, the opponents had to determine the result of the game between them not in one game, but in two: one game had to be played with white, and the second with black, moreover, for the victory in a micro-match (with a score of 2-0 or 1.5-0.5) one point was given, half a point was given for a draw, 0 points for a defeat. In 1972, the semi-finals were played in a round robin system, in the finals in a round robin system, for the first time, micro-matches of two games with a shortened time control were played: 1 hour 10 minutes for the first 35 moves and then 30 minutes for every 15 moves. Since this year, the finals have been played using the micromatch system. In 1973, the selection for the finals was based on the results of the championships of sports societies, the finals were held according to the Swiss system with a shorter time control. At the 1984 championship, the draw for the mandatory first moves was used for the first time. Since this year, the finals have been held in two stages. At the first stage, the participants of the second stage were selected. At the second stage, the champion and prize-winners were determined.
The last championship was held in 1991 in connection with the disintegration of the USSR, total 51 championships were held. This competition was the largest competition in Russian draughts, only at 1993 took place first Draughts-64 World Championship in Russian draughts.
| Number | Year | Host | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1 | 1924 | Moscow | Vasiliy Medkov | Nikolay Kukuev | Sergey Sokolov |
| 2 | 1925 | Moscow | Vasiliy Medkov | Nikolay Kukuev | Michael Ivanov |
| 3 + match | 1927 | Moscow | Vladimir Bakumenko | Sergey Sokolov | Leonid Potapov |
| match | 1928 | Moscow | Vasiliy Medkov — Vladimir Bakumenko (+ 6, - 4, = 10) | Vasiliy Medkov — Vladimir Bakumenko (+ 6, - 4, = 10) | Vasiliy Medkov — Vladimir Bakumenko (+ 6, - 4, = 10) |
| 4 | 1930 | Moscow | Dmitriy Shebedev | Igor Timkovskiy | Semyon Korhov Vladimir Romanov |
| 5 | 1934 (March) | Moscow | Boris Blinder Semyon Natov | -------- | Vladimir Romanov Igor Timkovskiy |
| 6 | 1934 (December) | Leningrad | Igor Timkovskiy | Vasiliy Sokov | Leonid Potapov |
| 7 | 1938 | Kyiv | Vasiliy Sokov | Izrail Blitshtein Aleksander Verete Leonid Potapov Leon Ramm Igor Timkovskiy Nikolay Shutilkin | -------- |
| 8 | 1945 | Moscow | Iser Kuperman | Boris Blinder | Aleksander Verete Dmitriy Korshunov |
| 9 + match | 1946/47 | Leningrad + Moscow | Iser Kuperman | Marat Kogan | Vladimir Romanov Zinoviy Tsirik |
| 10 | 1947/48 | Moscow | Iser Kuperman | Boris Blinder Marat Kogan | ------- |
| 11 | 1949 | Moscow | Marat Kogan | Zinoviy Tsirik | Nikolay Kosogov |
| 12 | 1950 | Kyiv | Iser Kuperman | Vladimir Kaplan | Marat Kogan |
| 13 | 1951 | Kharkiv | Zinoviy Tsirik | Boris Blinder Marat Kogan | ------- |
| 14 | 1952 | Leningrad | Boris Blinder | Marat Kogan | Zinoviy Tsirik |
| 15 | 1953 | Minsk | Yuriy Mitiagin | Vladimir Romanov Vladimir Kaplan | ------- |
| 16 | 1954 | Chișinău | Valentin Abaulin | Iser Kuperman | Nikolay Sretenskiy Vladimir Kaplan Eugeniy Tiunev |
| 17 | 1955 | Baku | Zinoviy Tsirik | Petr Sviatoy Valentin Abaulin | -------- |
| 18 + match | 1957/58 | Kharkiv + Poltava | Zinoviy Tsirik Boris Blinder | -------- | Dmitriy Roskov |
| 19 + доп.match | 1959 | Minsk + Orekhovo-Zuyevo | Zinoviy Tsirik | Boris Blinder | Vyacheslav Shchyogolev |
| 20 + match | 1960 | Tula + Kyiv | Zinoviy Tsirik Arkadiy Plakkhin | -------- | Veniamin Gorodetskiy |
| 21 | 1961 | Taganrog | Veniamin Gorodetskiy | Valentin Abaulin | Teodor Shmulian |
| 22 + match | 1962 | Kharkiv + Orekhovo-Zuyevo | Valentin Abaulin | Veniamin Gorodetskiy | Arkadiy Plakkhin |
| 23 | 1963 | Liepāja | Arkadiy Plakkhin | Vladimir Golosuev | Valentin Abaulin |
| 24 | 1964 | Smolensk | Zinoviy Tsirik | Valentin Abaulin Viktor Petrov Viktor Litvinovich | ------- |
| 25 | 1965 | Liepāja | Viktor Litvinovich | Valentin Abaulin | Nikolay Abatsiev |
| 26 | 1966 | Grozny | Vitaliy Gabrielian | Yuriy Arustamov | Viktor Litvinovich |
| 27 | 1967 | Almaty | Viktor Litvinovich | Nikolay Abatsiev | Arkadiy Plakkhin |
| 28 | 1968 | Baku | Nikolay Abatsiev | Vitaliy Gabrielian | Eugeniy Tiunev Nikolay Kononov |
| 29 | 1969 | Chișinău | Vitaliy Gabrielian | Nikolay Abatsiev | Yuriy Arustamov |
| 30 | 1970 | Liepāja | Yuriy Arustamov | Vladimir Vigman | Vitaliy Gabrielian Eduard Tsukernik |
| 31 | 1971 | Poti | Viktor Litvinovich | Vitaliy Gabrielian | Виктор Чечиков |
| 32 | 1972 | Orenburg | Yuriy Kustarev Pavel Milovidov Arkadiy Plakkhin | -------- | -------- |
| 33 | 1973 | Voroshilovgrad | Vitaliy Gabrielian | Eduard Tsukernik | Nikolay Abatsiev |
| 34 | 1974 | Kaliningrad | Arkadiy Plakkhin | Markiel Fazylov | Eugeniy Kukleev |
| 35 | 1975 | Simferopol | Elshad Mursalov Boris Simonian | -------- | Yuriy Arustamov |
| 36 | 1976 | Yalta | Vladimir Vigman | Ayvar Voitseshchuk | Elshad Mursalov |
| 37 | 1977 | Bender | Vladimir Vigman Vitaliy Gabrielian | -------- | Aleksander Kandaurov |
| 38 | 1978 | Vilnius | Vladimir Vigman | Vitaliy Gabrielian | Michael Rahunov |
| 39 | 1979 | Baku | Viktor Litvinovich | Michael Rahunov | Aleksey Ustinov |
| 40 | 1980 | Grodno | Michael Rahunov Markiel Fazylov | -------- | Viktor Litvinovich |
| 41 | 1981 | Kyiv | Markiel Fazylov | Boris Simonian | Viktor Litvinovich |
| 42 | 1982 | Chișinău | Aleksander Kandaurov | Levon Sayadian | Vitaliy Gabrielian |
| 43 | 1983 | Tallinn | Levon Sayadian | Vitaliy Gabrielian | Arkadiy Plakkhin |
| 44 | 1984 | Moscow | Alexander Schwarzman | Michael Rahunov | Nikolay Abatsiev |
| 45 | 1985 | Tashkent | Sergey Ovechkin Arunas Norvaisas | -------- | Vitaliy Gabrielian |
| 46 | 1986 | Tallinn | Alexander Schwarzman | Vitaliy Gabrielian | Aleksander Kandaurov |
| 47 | 1987 | Samarkand | Aleksander Kandaurov | Aleksey Konstantinov | Arunas Norvaisas |
| 48 | 1988 | Baku | Michael Rahunov Nikolay Abatsiev | -------- | Arunas Norvaisas |
| 49 | 1989 | Pinsk | Aleksander Kandaurov Andrey Ivanov | -------- | Michael Rahunov |
| 50 | 1990 | Mariupol | Markiel Fazylov Yuriy Korolev | -------- | |
| 51 | 1991 | Chișinău | Ion Dosca Aleksander Kandaurov | -------- | Yuriy Korolev |