Soviet Union women's national volleyball team

{{short description|National women's volleyball team (1952–1991)}}

{{primary sources|date=March 2020}}

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|name= Soviet Union

|gender=women

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|federation=Soviet Union Volleyball Federation

|website=[http://www.volley.ru www.volley.ru] {{in lang|ru}}

|confederation=CEV

|coach=

|Olympic apps=6

|Olympic first=1964

|Olympic best={{OG1}} Gold Medalist : (1968, 1972, 1980, 1988)

|World Champs apps=10

|World Champs first=1952

|World Champs best={{World1}} Champions : (1952, 1956, 1960, 1970, 1990)

|World Cup apps=6

|World Cup first=1973

|World Cup best=16px Champions : (1973)

|Regional name=European Championship

|Regional cup apps=17

|Regional cup first=1949

|Regional cup best= {{Eur1}} Champions : (1949, 1950, 1951, 1958, 1963, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1985, 1989, 1991)

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{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalSilver|1964 Tokyo|Team}}

{{MedalGold|1968 Mexico|Team}}

{{MedalGold|1972 Munich|Team}}

{{MedalSilver|1976 Montreal|Team}}

{{MedalGold|1980 Moscow|Team}}

{{MedalGold|1988 Seoul|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|FIVB World Championship}}

{{MedalGold|1952 Soviet Union|}}

{{MedalGold|1956 France|}}

{{MedalGold|1960 Brazil|}}

{{MedalGold|1970 Bulgaria|}}

{{MedalGold|1990 China|}}

{{MedalSilver|1962 Soviet Union|}}

{{MedalSilver|1974 Mexico|}}

{{MedalBronze|1978 Soviet Union|}}

{{MedalCompetition|FIVB World Cup}}

{{MedalGold|1973 Uruguay|}}

{{MedalSilver|1989 Japan|}}

{{MedalBronze|1981 Japan|}}

{{MedalBronze|1985 Japan|}}

{{MedalBronze|1991 Japan|}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championship}}

{{MedalGold|1949 Czechoslovakia|}}

{{MedalGold|1950 Bulgaria|}}

{{MedalGold|1951 France|}}

{{MedalGold|1958 Czechoslovakia|}}

{{MedalGold|1963 Romania|}}

{{MedalGold|1967 Turkey|}}

{{MedalGold|1971 Italy|}}

{{MedalGold|1975 Yugoslavia|}}

{{MedalGold|1977 Finland|}}

{{MedalGold|1979 France|}}

{{MedalGold|1985 Netherlands|}}

{{MedalGold|1989 West Germany|}}

{{MedalGold|1991 Italy|}}

{{MedalSilver|1955 Romania|}}

{{MedalSilver|1981 Bulgaria|}}

{{MedalSilver|1983 East Germany|}}

{{MedalSilver|1987 Belgium|}}

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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.