It was also the inaugural competition for the Soviet league format (round-robin) transitioning from the cities football competition format that was grandfathered from the Imperial Russian sports events.

Between both championships in the summer there was held the first Soviet Cup competition.

In the fall the defending champions Dynamo were going neck-in-neck with their main rivals Spartak, but just a round away from the finish line they tied with weaker Dynamo Leningrad which costed them the title.

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour.

* indicates new record for competition Lokomotiv Moscow beat Dinamo Tbilisi 2–0 in the Soviet Cup final.