On June 19, 1944, the chairman of the All-Union Committee on Physical Culture and Sports Vasiliy Snegov appealed to Kliment Voroshilov to conduct a cup competition.[1][2]
The competition consisted of 24 teams, 13 of which were Class A teams, and 11 others were picked randomly.
Y Dinamo Baku Y Zenit Taganrog Y Dinamo Yerevan Y Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev Y Dinamo-2 Moscow Y Traktor Chelyabinsk Y DKA Novosibirsk Y Zenit Sverdlovsk
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Competition schedule
First round
[Jul 30]
CDKA Moskva 5-0 Traktor Stalingrad
[Pyotr Shcherbatenko-2, Vladimir Dyomin, Dyachenko, ?]
DINAMO Baku 5-1 Zenit Taganrog [in Rostov-na-Donu]
DINAMO Tbilisi w/o Dinamo Yerevan
Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev 1-5 LOKOMOTIV Moskva
Stakhanovets Stalino 1-5 DINAMO-2 Moskva
[Vasiliy Bryushin 33- Konstantin Balyasov 18, ??...]
ZENIT Leningrad 3-1 Dinamo Moskva
[Viktor Bodrov 20 pen, Alexei Yablochkin 63, Boris Levin-Kogan 75 – Konstantin Beskov 86]
[Aug 2]
Traktor Chelyabinsk 4-6 DKA Novosibirsk
Zenit Sverdlovsk 2-11 DINAMO Leningrad
Second round
[Aug 6]
CDKA Moskva 5-0 Lokomotiv Moskva
[Vladimir Dyomin, Valentin Nikolayev, Dyachenko, Pyotr Shcherbatenko, Alexei Grinin]
DINAMO Baku 2-1 Dinamo Tbilisi
[Artash Amirjanov 34, Korolyov 50 – Gayoz jejelava 75]
Dinamo Ivanovo 0-6 KRYLYA SOVETOV Moskva
Dinamo Kiev 1-2 SPARTAK Moskva [aet]
[Konstantin Kalach 61 – Nikolai Klimov 18, 117]
DINAMO Leningrad 5-1 DKA Novosibirsk [in Chelyabinsk]
Dinamo-2 Moskva 0-0 Zenit Leningrad
Lokomotiv Kharkov 2-3 AVIAUCHILISHCHE Moskva
[Valentin Putsenko, Boris Gurkin – Nikolai Tsutskov-2, Alexandr Striganov pen]
Torpedo Gorkiy 2-3 TORPEDO Moskva
[Vasiliy Panfilov, Alexei Salakov – A.Ryomin, Anton Yakovlev, Georgiy Zharkov]
Second round replays
[Aug 7]
Dinamo-2 Moskva 0-1 ZENIT Leningrad
[Alexei Larionov 39]
Quarterfinals
[Aug 13]
Dinamo Leningrad 1-4 CDKA Moskva
[Oleg Oshenkov – Valentin Nikolayev-3, Grigoriy Fedotov]
SPARTAK Moskva 1-0 AviaUchilishche Moskva
[Alexei Sokolov 49]
TORPEDO Moskva 2-1 Krylya Sovetov Moskva
[Vasiliy Zharkov 15, Anton Yakovlev 27 – Alexandr Sevidov 82]
ZENIT Leningrad 1-0 Dinamo Baku
[Sergei Salnikov 55]
Semifinals
[Aug 20]
CDKA Moskva 3-2 Torpedo Moskva
[Grigoriy Fedotov 12, Pyotr Shcherbatenko 22, Alexei Grinin 55 – Alexandr Ponomaryov 4, 75]
[Aug 22]
Spartak Moskva 2-2 Zenit Leningrad
[Nikolai Klimov 68, Georgiy Glazkov 72 – Sergei Salnikov 65, Nikolai Smirnov 78]