1947 Vtoraya Gruppa

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The 1947 Vtoraya Gruppa of the Soviet football championship was the 8th season in the 2nd tier football competitions in the Soviet Union.

The number of participating teams almost tripled compared to the last season and increased again from 26 to 67 which were split into six groups. There were created three groups for the Russian SFSR, one for the Ukrainian SSR, one group of Transcaucasian union republics and one group for the Central Asian union republics. The smaller republics of Baltics along with Belarus competed in of the groups designated for the Russian SFSR, known as the Central Group, while the Moldavian representative took part along with Ukrainian teams. In this championship participated at least one team from almost all of the union republics of the Soviet Union except for the Karelo-Finnish SSR. The Karelo-Finish teams really struggled placing dead last in preceding republican qualification tournament.

Six group winners qualified for the Final Group which determined the season's winner.

Lokomotiv Moscow won the championship in the Vtoraya Gruppa.