Soviet Union women's national volleyball team

The Soviet Union women's national volleyball team was the national volleyball team that had represented the Soviet Union in the International competitions between 1952 until 1991.

FIVB considers Russia as the inheritor of the records of Soviet Union (1952–1991) and CIS (1992). The USSR Volleyball Federation joined the FIVB in 1948, a year after the foundation of the international governing body. In 1952, they triumphed in the first ever FIVB Women’s World Championship and have been dominating the international scene ever since, having won Four Summer Olympics, Five World Championships, one World Cup and 13 European Championships.

History
The USSR Volleyball Federation joined the FIVB in 1948 and in 1952 they sent a team to compete in the first ever World Championship. They were soon regularly topping the podium at international competitions such as the Olympic Games, World Championship and European Championships and the World Cup.

USSR

 * 1) – 4 major titles in row in late 1960s - early 1970s (World Women's Volleyball Championship, World Cup, Olympic Games)

Olympic Games

 * 1964 – Silver Medal
 * 1968 – Gold Medal
 * 1972 – Gold Medal
 * 1976 – Silver Medal
 * 1980 – Gold Medal
 * 1988 – Gold Medal


 * Unified Team
 * 1992 – Silver Medal

FIVB World Championship

 * 1952 – Gold Medal
 * 1956 – Gold Medal
 * 1960 – Gold Medal
 * 1962 – Silver Medal
 * 1970 – Gold Medal
 * 1974 – Silver Medal
 * 1978 – Bronze Medal
 * 1982 – 6th place
 * 1986 – 6th place
 * 1990 – Gold Medal

FIVB World Cup

 * 1973 – Simple gold cup.svg Gold Medal
 * 1977 – 7th place (tied)
 * 1981 – Simple bronze cup.svg Bronze Medal
 * 1985 – Simple bronze cup.svg Bronze Medal
 * 1989 – Simple silver cup.svg Silver Medal
 * 1991 – Simple bronze cup.svg Bronze Medal

European Championship

 * 1949 – Gold Medal
 * 1950 – Gold Medal
 * 1951 – Gold Medal
 * 1955 – Silver Medal
 * 1958 – Gold Medal
 * 1963 – Gold Medal
 * 1967 – Gold Medal
 * 1971 – Gold Medal
 * 1975 – Gold Medal
 * 1977 – Gold Medal
 * 1979 – Gold Medal
 * 1981 – Silver Medal
 * 1983 – Silver Medal
 * 1985 – Gold Medal
 * 1987 – Silver Medal
 * 1989 – Gold Medal
 * 1991 – Gold Medal

1990 Last World Championship squad
Coach: Nikolay Karpol