[2] Prior to the collapse of the Soviet Union, the women's league played two seasons in 1990 and 1991.

As Russia is in the top 8 leagues of Europe by UEFA Coefficient[3] the top two teams qualify for the UEFA Women's Champions League and the last team gets relegated to the Women’s 1.Division.

Eight teams contest the season and play each other four times for a total of 28 matches.

One exception is, if there is a tie of points involving the first place, thus the tie-breaking would determine the champion.

[citation needed] In 2013 the league returned to the spring-autumn format.