List winners of USSR championship in Russian draughts.
The last championship was held in 1991 in connection with the disintegration of the USSR.
In 1961, for the first time, the national championship final was held on the Swiss 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.
[2] 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.