The Second League was restructured reducing number of zones from 9 to 3 due to withdrawals by clubs from Estonia, Georgia, Latvia (except Pardaugava Riga, a majority-Russian club) and Lithuania as they declared independence from the Soviet Union.

Final standings

West

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1		Bukovyna Chernivtsi	50	29	17	4	87	34	+53	75	Promoted to First Liga
2		Daugava Riga	50	31	9	10	86	43	+43	71
3		Karpaty Lviv	50	28	13	9	86	45	+41	69
4		Nyva Ternopil	50	28	13	9	67	38	+29	69
5		Nyva Vinnytsia	50	24	14	12	67	42	+25	62
6		SKA Odesa	50	23	15	12	82	60	+22	61
7		Zorya Luhansk	50	25	9	16	69	50	+19	59
8		Spartak Nalchik	50	20	14	16	51	40	+11	54
9		Dinamo Brest	50	19	15	16	64	53	+11	53
10		Kremin Kremenchuk	50	22	7	21	64	66	−2	51
11		Zaria Bălţi	50	19	13	18	75	64	+11	51
12		Vorskla Poltava	50	19	12	19	84	66	+18	50
13		Dnepr Mogilev	50	20	9	21	59	59	0	49
14		Halychyna Drohobych	50	18	13	19	54	55	−1	49
15		Khimik Grodno	50	20	8	22	59	64	−5	48
16		Start Ulyanovsk	50	15	15	20	48	55	−7	45
17		Volyn Lutsk	50	15	15	20	58	73	−15	45
18		Lori Kirovokan	50	17	10	23	47	59	−12	44
19		Iskra Smolensk	50	15	13	22	52	70	−18	43	Relegated
20		Zakarpattia Uzhhorod	50	17	8	25	56	75	−19	42
21		Baltika Kaliningrad	50	11	20	19	48	60	−12	42
22		Shirak Leninakan	50	13	15	22	58	77	−19	41

Source:

Representation

•  Ukrainian SSR: 11
•  Russian SFSR 4
•  Byelorussian SSR: 3
•  Armenian SSR 2
•  Latvian SSR: 1
•  Moldavian SSR 1

Center

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1		Uralmash Sverdlovsk	42	23	13	6	62	21	+41	59	Promoted to First Liga
2		Tekstilshchik Kamyshin	42	22	8	12	73	49	+24	52
3		Krylia Sovetov Samara	42	19	11	12	53	35	+18	49
4		Metallurg Lipetsk	42	18	13	11	56	43	+13	49
5		Kyapaz Gyanja	42	21	5	16	66	65	+1	47
6		Tsement Novorossiysk	42	19	9	14	65	54	+11	47
7		Druzhba Maykop	42	19	7	16	56	56	0	45
8		Torpedo Ryazan	42	15	15	12	41	44	−3	45
9		Dynamo Bryansk	42	18	8	16	59	53	+6	44
10		Zvezda Perm	42	15	14	13	68	45	+23	44
11		Goyazan Gazakh	42	19	4	19	56	56	0	42
12		Torpedo Vladimir	50	19	12	19	84	66	+18	50
13		Terek Grozny	50	20	9	21	59	59	0	49
14		Gastello Ufa	50	18	13	19	54	55	−1	49
15		Zenit Izhevsk	50	20	8	22	59	64	−5	48
16		Nart Cherkessk	50	15	15	20	48	55	−7	45
17		Torpedo Volzhskiy	50	15	15	20	58	73	−15	45
18		Sokol Saratov	50	17	10	23	47	59	−12	44
19		Mashuk Pyatigorsk	50	15	13	22	52	70	−18	43	Relegated
20		SKA Rostov-na-Donu	50	17	8	25	56	75	−19	42
21		Zarya Kaluga	50	11	20	19	48	60	−12	42
22		Volgar Astrakhan	50	13	15	22	58	77	−19	41

Source:

Representation

•  Russian SFSR 20
•  Azerbaijan SSR 2

East

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1		Neftyanik Fergana	42	23	13	6	62	21	+41	59	Promoted to First Liga
2		Novbakhor Namangan	42	22	8	12	73	49	+24	52
3		Okean Nakhodka	42	19	11	12	53	35	+18	49
4		Amur Blagoveshchensk	42	18	13	11	56	43	+13	49
5		Meliorator Chimkent	42	21	5	16	66	65	+1	47
6		Khimik Jambul	42	19	9	14	65	54	+11	47
7		Avtomobilist Kokand	42	19	7	16	56	56	0	45
8		Kopet-Dag Ashkhabad	42	15	15	12	41	44	−3	45
9		Alga Frunze	42	18	8	16	59	53	+6	44
10		Traktor Pavlodar	42	15	14	13	68	45	+23	44
11		Zvezda Irkutsk	42	19	4	19	56	56	0	42
12		Sogdiana Jizak	50	19	12	19	84	66	+18	50
13		Dinamo Barnaul	50	20	9	21	59	59	0	49
14		Shakhter Karaganda	50	18	13	19	54	55	−1	49
15		Vakhsh Kurgan-Tyube	50	20	8	22	59	64	−5	48
16		Tselinnik Tselinograd	50	15	15	20	48	55	−7	45
17		Ekibastuzets Ekibastuz	50	15	15	20	58	73	−15	45
18		Surkhan Termez	50	17	10	23	47	59	−12	44
19		Kaysar Kzil-Orda	50	15	13	22	52	70	−18	43	Relegated
20		Irtysh Omsk	50	17	8	25	56	75	−19	42
21		Zarafshan Navoi	50	11	20	19	48	60	−12	42
22		Spartak Andizhan	50	13	15	22	58	77	−19	41

Source:

Representation

•  Kazakh SSR: 7
•  Uzbek SSR 7
•  Russian SFSR: 5
•  Turkmen SSR: 1
•  Kyrgyz SSR: 1
•  Tajik SSR: 1

References

• All-Soviet Archive Site
• Results. RSSSF