The Cup of Peace and Friendship (also Friendship Cup of Socialist Countries) was an auto racing championship series dedicated to Eastern Bloc drivers between 1963 until the bloc's dissolution in 1989 Kart racing arrived in the USSR during the late 1950s to early 1960s.

In 1960, the USSR Motorsport Federation presented their first rules for organized racing in the eastern bloc, covering how competitions should be run to technical requirements for the cars.

Within a year, karting began to see a large growth in popularity, thanks in part due to the emphasis on maintaining affordability and access for entrants.

[1] The Cup of Peace and Friendship was created in 1963 as an initiative of Lech Tulak and Jerzy Jankowski of the Polish Automobile and Motorcycle Federation.

The main idea of the cup was to promote the unification of auto racing in Eastern Bloc countries so there was also classification of national teams.