Before the start of the 1950 season, there was an idea to include representatives of all 15 union republics.

[1] On behalf of the Soviet Council of Ministers, the chairman of the Committee of Physical Culture and Sports Arkadiy Apollonov presented to Mikhail Suslov the season's draft which included 27 teams representing 15 union republics.

"The team from the Karelo-Finnish SSR due to lack of trained personnel was not included in participation of the Soviet Union championship", explained Arkadiy Apollonov.

Suslov sent the presentation to Kalashnikov and Sushkov to learn more about the issue.

Those two came up with an alternative draft which they presented Georgy Malenkov rather than Suslov.