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{{More footnotes|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox sports league
| title           = Pari - Russian Rugby Championship
| logo            = 
| pixels          = 
| formerly        = [[Soviet Championship (rugby union)|Soviet Rugby Championship]] <br> Russian Superleague <br> Rugby Premier League
| sport           = Rugby union
| founded         = {{start date and age|1936}} <br> {{start date and age|1992}} <br> (reformed) <br> {{start date and age|2004}} <br>(reformed)
| folded          = 
| replaced        = 
| owner           = [[Rugby Union of Russia|Russian Rugby Union]]
| ceo             = 
| divisions       = 
| inaugural       = 1936
| teams           = 9
| country         = Russia
| confed_cup      = [[European Rugby Challenge Cup]] <br> [[European Rugby Continental Shield]] <br> [[Continental Club Rugby League]]
| champion        = [[Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk|Enisei-STM]] (10th title)
| most_champs     = [[VVA-Podmoskovye Monino]] (17 titles)
| related_comps   = 
| founder         = 
| website         = [https://cps-rugby.ru/ cps-rugby.ru]
| current         =
}}

The '''Russian Rugby Championship''', officially known as the '''Pari - Russian Rugby Championship''' for sponsorship reasons ({{langx|ru|Пари - Чемпионат России по регби}}), is Russia's top level professional men's rugby union competition. The Russian Rugby Championship is run by [[Rugby Union of Russia|Russian Rugby Union]] and is contested by 10 teams as of the 2019-2020 season.

==History==
The founding of the league coincided with a period of rapid change for Russian rugby. The first Russian rugby championship, which succeeded the [[Soviet Championship (rugby)|Soviet Rugby Championship]], was played in 1992, under the name Russian Superleague. The league kept this name until 2004, when the competition was then rebranded as the Rugby Premier League.

In 2007, Yug-Krasnodar were admitted to the competition, increasing the number of teams in the league to eight.

Just one year later, in 2008, a further six teams from several of the lower division competitions were admitted into the Rugby Premier League. This increased the total number of teams again, to fourteen teams. The fourteen teams were split into three [[Conference (sports)|conferences]], based on geography, in that season. One thing to note was that many of the elevated clubs geographically were semi-professional or even amateur in nature, which lead to a lack of competitive balance.

2010 saw another change of format to the Rugby Premier League where the East-West divide was removed, culminating in the formation of a 'Super Group'. This meant that [[VVA-Podmoskovye Monino]], [[Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk|Krasny Yar]], [[Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk|Enisey-STM]], [[Slava Moscow]], [[RC Novokuznetsk]] and [[Imperia-Dynamo Penza|Imperia-Dynamo]] as well as [[Fili Moscow]] and [[Spartak GM Moscow|Spartak GM]] were scheduled to play each other in a straight home-and-away league format.

==Current Teams==
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{{location map~ |Russia |lat=53|long=87 |position=right |label=[[RC Novokuznetsk|Metallurg]]}}
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{{location map~ |Russia |lat=53 |long=45|position=bottom |label=[[Lokomotiv Penza|Lokomotiv]]}}
{{location map~ |Russia |lat=47.40 |long=38.54|position=top |label=[[Bulava Taganrog|Bulava]]}}
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[[File:Red pog.svg|8px]] [[Slava Moscow|Slava]]}}<br><br>

{{nowrap|'''Krasnoyarsk'''}}<br>
{{nowrap|[[File:Blue pog.svg|8px]] [[Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk|Enisey-STM]]<br>
[[File:Blue pog.svg|8px]] [[Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk|Krasny Yar]]}}
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===Current Teams===
<small>Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under [[World Rugby|WR]] eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality</small>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Team
! Manager
! Captain
! Stadium
! Capacity
|-
| [[Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk|Enisei-STM]]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} Aleksandr Pervukhin
| {{flagicon|LAT}} [[Uldis Saulite|Uldis Saulīte]]
| Avangard Stadium <br> [[Central Stadium (Krasnoyarsk)|Central Stadium]]
| 2,463 <br> 15,000
|-
| [[Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk|Krasny Yar]]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} Igor Nikolaychuk
| {{flagicon|MDA}} Victor Arkhip
| Krasny Yar Stadium <br> [[Central Stadium (Krasnoyarsk)|Central Stadium]]
| 3,600 <br> 15,000
|-
| [[Slava Moscow|Slava]]
| {{flagicon|GEO}} Levan Tsabadze
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Denis Antonov]]
| Slava Stadium
| 1,300
|-
| [[VVA Podmoskovye|VVA]]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Nikolay Nerush]]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[German Davydov]]
| Gagarin Air Force Academy Stadium
| 1,500
|-
| [[RC Novokuznetsk|Metallurg]]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} Vyacheslav Shalunov
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Anton Sychev]]
| Metallurg Stadium
| 10,000
|-
| [[Lokomotiv Penza|Lokomotiv]]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Alexander Yanyushkin|Aleksandr Yanyushkin]]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Sergey Yanyushkin]]
| Pervomaysky Stadium
| 5,182
|-
| [[Strela-Agro Kazan|Strela]]
| {{flagicon|RSA}} [[JP Nel]]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} Magomed Davudov
| Tulpar Stadium <br> [[Central Stadium (Kazan)|Central Stadium]]
| 3,275 <br> 25,400
|-
| Dinamo
| {{flagicon|RSA}} Rianne van Straten
| {{flagicon|RUS}} Aleksandr Zorin
| Slava Stadium
| 1,300
|-
| Khimik
| {{flagicon|AUS}} John Molvihill
| 
| [[Khimik Stadium (Dzerzhinsk)|Khimik Stadium]]
| 5,266
|-
|}

==Champions==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; width: 60%; text-align: center;"
|-
!width=20%|Team
!width=10%|Number of Titles
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|[[VVA-Podmoskovye Monino|VVA]]
|17
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|[[Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk|Krasny Yar]]
|12
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|[[Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk|Enisei-STM]]
|12
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|[[Fili Moscow]]
|5
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|Dynamo Moscow
|3
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|[[RC AIA Kutaisi]]
|3
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|[[Moscow_State_Technical_University|MVTU]]
|2
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|[[Slava Moscow]]
|2
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|[[RC Aviator|RC Aviator Kiev]]
|1
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|[[RC Lokomotiv Moscow]]
|1
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|[[Lokomotiv Penza]]
|1
|}

==Winners by year==
[[File:Rugby Russia championship 1992-2018 eng.png|thumb|300px|right|Progress of clubs in the Russian Rugby Championship (1992-2018)]]
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; width: 60%; text-align: center;"
|-
!width=6%|Year
!width=15%|Champion
!width=15%|Runner-up
|-
!colspan=3|Soviet Championship
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|1936
|Dynamo Moscow
|VTsIK School Moscow
|-
! colspan="3" |1937 Season Not Played
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|1938
|Dynamo Moscow
|[[Spartak GM Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|1939
|Dynamo Moscow
|[[Spartak GM Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|-
! colspan="3" |1940-1965 Seasons Not Played
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|1966
|[[Moscow_State_Technical_University|MVTU]]
|Dynamo Tbilisi
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|1968
|[[Moscow_State_Technical_University|MVTU]]
|Dynamo Moscow
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|1969
|[[VVA-Podmoskovye Monino|VVA]]
|[[Fili Moscow]]
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|1970
|[[Fili Moscow]]
|[[Moscow_Aviation_Institute|MAI Moscow]]
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|1971
|[[VVA-Podmoskovye Monino|VVA]]
|[[Moscow_Aviation_Institute|MAI Moscow]]
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|1972
|[[Fili Moscow]]
|[[VVA-Podmoskovye Monino|VVA]]
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|1973
|[[Fili Moscow]]
|Burevestnik Leningrad
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|1974
|[[Fili Moscow]]
|KIIGA Kiev
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|1975
|[[Fili Moscow]]
|KIIGA Kiev
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|1976
|[[VVA-Podmoskovye Monino|VVA]]
|[[Slava Moscow]]
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|1977
|[[VVA-Podmoskovye Monino|VVA]]
|[[Slava Moscow]]
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|1978
|[[RC Aviator|RC Aviator Kiev]]
|[[Fili Moscow]]
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|1979
|[[Slava Moscow]]
|[[Fili Moscow]]
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|1980
|[[VVA-Podmoskovye Monino|VVA]]
|[[RC Lokomotiv Moscow]]
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|1981
|[[VVA-Podmoskovye Monino|VVA]]
|[[RC Aviator|RC Aviator Kiev]]
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|1982
|[[Slava Moscow]]
|[[VVA-Podmoskovye Monino|VVA]]
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|1983
|[[RC Lokomotiv Moscow]]
|[[Fili Moscow]]
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|1984
|[[VVA-Podmoskovye Monino|VVA]]
|[[RC AIA Kutaisi]]
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|1985
|[[VVA-Podmoskovye Monino|VVA]]
|[[Slava Moscow]]
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|1986
|[[VVA-Podmoskovye Monino|VVA]]
|[[Slava Moscow]]
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|1987
|[[RC AIA Kutaisi]]
|[[VVA-Podmoskovye Monino|VVA]]
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|1988
|[[RC AIA Kutaisi]]
|[[Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk|Krasny Yar]]
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|1989
|[[RC AIA Kutaisi]]
|[[VVA-Podmoskovye Monino|VVA]]
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|1990
|[[Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk|Krasny Yar]]
|[[VVA-Podmoskovye Monino|VVA]]
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|1991
|[[Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk|Krasny Yar]]
|SKA Alma Ata
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|-
!colspan=3|Russian Superleague
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|1992
|[[Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk|Krasny Yar]]
|[[VVA-Podmoskovye Monino|VVA]]
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|1993
|[[VVA-Podmoskovye Monino|VVA]]
|[[Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk|Krasny Yar]]
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|1994
|[[Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk|Krasny Yar]]
|[[VVA-Podmoskovye Monino|VVA]]
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|1995
|[[Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk|Krasny Yar]]
|West Star Kaliningrad
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|1996
|[[Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk|Krasny Yar]]
|[[Imperia-Dynamo Penza|RC Penza]]
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|1997
|[[Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk|Krasny Yar]]
|[[Imperia-Dynamo Penza|RC Penza]]
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|1998
|[[Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk|Krasny Yar]]
|[[VVA-Podmoskovye Monino|VVA]]
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|1999
|[[Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk|Enisei-STM]]
|[[Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk|Krasny Yar]]
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|2000
|[[Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk|Krasny Yar]]
|[[Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk|Enisei-STM]]
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|2001
|[[Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk|Krasny Yar]]
|[[Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk|Enisei-STM]]
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|2002
|[[Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk|Enisei-STM]]
|[[Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk|Krasny Yar]]
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|2003
|[[VVA-Podmoskovye Monino|VVA]]
|[[Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk|Enisei-STM]]
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|2004
|[[VVA-Podmoskovye Monino|VVA]]
|[[Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk|Enisei-STM]]
|-
!colspan=3|Russian Professional Rugby League
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|2005
|[[Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk|Enisei-STM]]
|[[VVA-Podmoskovye Monino|VVA]]
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|2006
|[[VVA-Podmoskovye Monino|VVA]]
|[[Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk|Krasny Yar]]
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|2007
|[[VVA-Podmoskovye Monino|VVA]]
|[[Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk|Enisei-STM]]
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|2008
|[[VVA-Podmoskovye Monino|VVA]]
|[[Slava Moscow]]
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|2009
|[[VVA-Podmoskovye Monino|VVA]]
|[[Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk|Enisei-STM]]
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|2010
|[[VVA-Podmoskovye Monino|VVA]]
|[[Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk|Enisei-STM]]
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|2011
|[[Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk|Enisei-STM]]
|[[Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk|Krasny Yar]]
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|2012
|[[Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk|Enisei-STM]]
|[[Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk|Krasny Yar]]
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|2013
|[[Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk|Krasny Yar]]
|[[Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk|Enisei-STM]]
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|2014
|[[Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk|Enisei-STM]]
|[[Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk|Krasny Yar]]
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|2015
|[[Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk|Krasny Yar]]
|[[Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk|Enisei-STM]]
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|2016
|[[Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk|Enisei-STM]]
|[[Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk|Krasny Yar]]
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|2017
|[[Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk|Enisei-STM]]
|[[Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk|Krasny Yar]]
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|2018
|[[Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk|Enisei-STM]]
|[[Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk|Krasny Yar]]
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|2019
|[[Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk|Enisei-STM]]
|[[Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk|Krasny Yar]]
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|2020-21
|[[Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk|Enisei-STM]]
|[[Lokomotiv Penza|Lokomotiv]]
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|2021-22
|[[Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk|Enisei-STM]]
|[[Lokomotiv Penza|Lokomotiv]]
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|2022-23
|[[Lokomotiv Penza|Lokomotiv]]
|[[Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk|Enisei-STM]]
|}

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==See also==
*[[Rugby union in Russia]]

==External links==
*[https://rugbycenter.ru/ Official website] {{in lang|ru}}
*[http://www.rugbystat.droppages.com Russian rugby statistics] {{in lang|ru}}

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