It is believed, the first description of column draughts was presented in the article "Towers or tours" of the "Collection of games for family and school" compiled by Valerian Alexandrovich Viskovatov, and published in 1875 in St. Petersburg.

Sargin., being the editor of the chess and draughts sections in many Russian Newspapers repeatedly reprinted the article and published its own research pole pieces.

One of the most complete descriptions of column draughts is given in his fundamental work "the Antiquity of the games of checkers and chess", published in Moscow in 1915[2].

A significant role in the dissemination column draughts belongs to enthusiasts of the Leningrad production Association "Krasnaya Zarya" headed by researcher table games, teacher of adult education and the promoter of Aleksandr G. Borovikov (23 June 1931 – 8 March 2017 g).

Yuri Pavlovich Filatov, one of the first initiators of the go-movement in the USSR, highly valued column draughts and actively promoted them.