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| Season | 1990 |
|---|---|
| Champions | FC Spartak Vladikavkaz |
| Promoted | FC Spartak Vladikavkaz FC Pakhtakor Tashkent FC Metalurh Zaporizhia FC Lokomotiv Moscow |
| Relegated | FC Kuzbass Kemerevo |
| Top goalscorer | (37) Igor Shkvyrin (Pakhtakor Tashkent) |
← 1989 1991 → | |
1990 Soviet First League was part of the Soviet football competition in the second league division. With the ongoing fall of the Soviet Union some clubs left the Soviet competitions and the league was reduced.