| Season | 1956 | 
|---|---|
← 1955  1957 →   | |
12 teams took part in the league with FC Spartak Moscow winning the championship.
League standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 68 | 28 | +40 | 34 | League champions | |
| 2 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 45 | 31 | +14 | 28 | ||
| 3 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 40 | 32 | +8 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 24 | ||
| 5 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 40 | 37 | +3 | 23 | ||
| 6 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 38 | 49 | −11 | 23 | ||
| 7 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 39 | −9 | 21 | ||
| 8 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 42 | 46 | −4 | 20 | ||
| 9 | 22 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 27 | 43 | −16 | 19 | ||
| 10 | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 38 | 28 | +10 | 18 | ||
| 11 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 31 | 45 | −14 | 16 | Relegation to Class B | |
| 12 | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 47 | −22 | 13 | 
Results
Top scorers
- 17 goals
 
- Vasily Buzunov (ODO Sverdlovsk)
 
- 16 goals
 
- Nikita Simonyan (Spartak Moscow)
 
- 15 goals
 
- Yuri Belyayev (CDSA Moscow)
 
- 14 goals
 
- Anatoli Isayev (Spartak Moscow)
 
- 13 goals
 
- Valentin Ivanov (Torpedo Moscow)
 
- 12 goals
 
- Alakbar Mammadov (Dynamo Moscow)
 - Eduard Streltsov (Torpedo Moscow)
 
- 11 goals
 
- Avtandil Chkuaseli (Dinamo Tbilisi)
 - Ivan Mozer (Spartak Moscow)
 
- 9 goals
 
- Boris Khasaya (Dinamo Tbilisi)
 - Pyotr Ponomarenko (Shakhtyor Stalino)
 - Viktor Sokolov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
 - Vitali Vatskevich (Burevestnik Kishinyov)
 
References
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