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| title    = Pervaya Liga
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| sport    = Ice hockey
| founded  = 1947
| folded   = 1992
| teams    = Varied
| country  = {{Flagicon|URS}} [[Soviet Union]]
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The '''Pervaya Liga''' was the second level of ice hockey in the [[Soviet Union]], below the [[Soviet Championship League]]. The league was first contested during the 1947-48 season.<ref>[http://hockeyarchives.ru/cccp/1948.html 1947-48 season] on hockeyarchives.ru</ref>

==History==
The league was initially known as the '''II gruppa''', a name which it held from 1947-1950, before becoming the '''Klass B''', which it was called through the 1962-63 season. 

It was once again renamed the '''II gruppa''' for 1963-64, as the Klass B became the new third-tier league. For the 1969-70, the league became the '''Klass A, group 1''' (also called the Pervaya Liga), a name it kept until the end of the 1979-80 season. 

The '''Pervaya Liga''' became its sole official name for the 1980-81 season. It was known as such until folding after the 1991-92 season due to the demise of the Soviet Union.

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