# List of USSR International draughts championship winners

List winners of USSR championship in International draughts.
The annual draughts competition was held in the USSR from 1954 to 1991. The first official championship was held in 1954 in Leningrad. It was preceded by the All-Union Training Tournament in 1953, in which 16 draughtsmen participated, 12 of them were Master of Sports of the USSR. In some years, an additional match was held to determine the winner. Since 1986, they began to conduct a preliminary stage - 32 participants according to Swiss system in 9 rounds determined the final ten, which played the title of champion. The first league was also created. The last championship was held in 1991 in connection with the disintegration of the USSR. Many Russian draughts players became world champion in International draughts.
| Number | Year | Host | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1 | 1954 | Leningrad | Iser Kuperman | Pyotr Sviatoy | Zinovi Tsirik |
| 2 | 1955 + match | Minsk | Iser Kuperman | Maks Shavel | Zinovi Tsirik Vladimir Kaplan |
| 3 | 1956 | Kyiv | Iser Kuperman | Maks Shavel | Anatoli Kovrizhkin |
| 4 | 1958 | Leningrad | Michail Korhov | Moisei Stanovski | Rudolf Suplin |
| 5 | 1959 + match | Kyiv | Vyacheslav Shchyogolev | Michail Korchov | Maks Shavel |
| 6 | 1960 | Minsk | Michail Korhov | Zinovi Tsirik | Maks Shavel |
| 7 | 1961 | Jūrmala | Andris Andreiko | Iser Kuperman | Erlen Pomeranets |
| 8 | 1962 | Ufa | Iser Kuperman | Andris Andreiko | Valeriy Epifanov |
| 9 | 1963 + match | Leningrad | Vyacheslav Shchyogolev | Andris Andreiko | Aleksander Rats |
| 10 | 1964 + match | Odessa | Vyacheslav Shchyogolev | Andris Andreiko | Nikolay Sretenski |
| 11 | 1965 | Tashkent | Andris Andreiko | Boris Shkitkin Sergey Manshin | |
| 12 | 1966 | Moscow | Andris Andreiko | Vladimir Kaplan | Vyacheslav Shchyogolev |
| 13 | 1967 | Minsk | Iser Kuperman | Vyacheslav Shchyogolev | Anatoli Gantvarg |
| 14 | 1968 + match | Kyiv | Andris Andreiko | Anatoli Gantvarg | Vyacheslav Shchyogolev |
| 15 | 1969 | Kharkiv | Anatoli Gantvarg | Vyacheslav Shchyogolev | Vladimir Kaplan |
| 16 | 1970 | Tallinn | Andris Andreiko | Michail Korchov | Iser Kuperman |
| 17 | 1971 | Tashkent | Andris Andreiko | Anatoli Gantvarg | Iser Kuperman Michail Korchov |
| 18 | 1972 | Riga | Andris Andreiko | Anatoli Gantvarg Lev Slobodskoy | |
| 19 | 1973 | Vilnius | Anatoli Gantvarg | Alexander Mogilianski | Vyacheslav Shchyogolev |
| 20 | 1974 | Lvov | Vladimir Agafonov | Vyacheslav Shchyogolev | Nikolay Abatsiev |
| 21 | 1975 | Voroshilovgrad | Andris Andreiko | Anatoli Gantvarg | Alexander Mogilianski |
| 22 | 1976 | Odessa | Vyacheslav Shchyogolev | Rostislav Leshchinsky | Maks Shavel |
| 23 | 1977 | Yerevan | Anatoli Gantvarg | Nikolayj Mishchanski | Lev Slobodskoy |
| 24 | 1978 | Minsk | Michail Korenievski | Vyacheslav Shchyogolev | Anatoliy Chulkov |
| 25 | 1979 | Riga | Michail Korenievski Alexander Mogilianski | | Alexander Dybman |
| 26 | 1980 | Odessa | Nicolai Mistchanski | Alexander Dybman | Vyacheslav Shchyogolev |
| 27 | 1981 | Leningrad | Anatoli Gantvarg | Leonid Tsipes | Michail Korenevski |
| 28 | 1982 | Kyiv | Alexander Baljakin | Rostislav Leshchinsky | Vadim Virny |
| 29 | 1983 | Tallinn | Alexander Dybman | Vadim Virny | Vyacheslav Shchyogolev |
| 30 | 1984 | Arkhangelsk | Alexander Dybman | Anatoli Gantvarg | Alexander Baljakin |
| 31 | 1985 | Kharkiv | Nicolai Mistchanski | Vadim Virny | Rostislav Leshchinsky |
| 32 | 1986 | Minsk | Alexander Dybman | Alexander Baljakin | Nicolai Mistchanski |
| 33 | 1987 | Daugavpils | Michail Korenievski | Guntis Valneris | Alexander Mogilianski |
| 34 | 1988 | Yerevan | Alexander Baljakin | Alexei Chizhov | Guntis Valneris |
| 35 | 1989 | Tashkent | Alexander Baljakin | Vadim Virny | Alexander Schwarzman |
| 36 | 1990 | Leningrad | Alexei Chizhov | Yevgeni Vatutin | Guntis Valneris |
| 37 | 1991 | Oryol | Alexander Schwarzman | Igor Rybakov | Nicolai Mistchanski |