| Season: | 1952 |
| Nextseason: | 1953 |
The 1952 Soviet Class B football championship.
FC Lokomotiv Kharkov winning the championship.
Two teams were relegated from the 1951 Soviet Class A (top tier).
Two teams received direct promotion. One team were promoted from republican competitions through last year post-season playoffs.
Played in Rostov-na-Donu
To the play-off qualified the champion of the 1952 Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR and the worst Ukrainian team of masters of the 1952 Soviet Class B.|}
| Number | Union republics | Team(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | VMS Moscow FC Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo, FC Torpedo Stalingrad, FC Torpedo Gorkiy, DO Sverdlovsk | ||
| 2 | FC Lokomotiv Kharkov, DO Kiev | ||
| 1 | FC Spartak Vilnius | ||
| 1 | DO Tashkent | ||
| 1 | FC Krasnaya Zvezda Petrozavodsk | ||
| 1 | FC Spartak Asgabat | ||
| 1 | DO Tbilisi | ||
| 1 | FC Dinamo Alma-Ata | ||
| 1 | FC Kalev Tallinn | ||
| 1 | FC Dinamo Yerevan | ||
| 1 | FC Neftianik Baku | ||
| 1 | FC Burevestnik Kishinev | ||
| 1 | FC Dinamo Stalinobad |