| Season: | 1953 |
| Winners: | Dinamo Minsk Spartak Tbilisi Shakhter Stalino |
| Promoted: | Dinamo Minsk Torpedo Gorkiy |
| Nextseason: | 1954 |
The 1953 Soviet Class B was the fourth season in Soviet Class B and 14th in second tier. It involved a participation of 27 teams. Started on May 2, it continued to September 27, 1953.
FC Dinamo Minsk has won the competition.
The competition consisted of two stages. At the first stage, teams were split in three groups playing each other home-away double round-robin tournament. At the second stage, teams played with their counterparts from other two groups however the top two teams from each group formed the first pool which was the only one consisting of 6 teams, while other consisted of 3 teams.
Four teams were relegated from the 1952 Soviet Class A (top tier).
After death of Joseph Stalin, several teams that represented Soviet Armed Forces were dissolved on orders of Minister of Defense Nikolay Bulganin:[5]
Sep 13-27, Gorkiy
Sep 27 - Oct 1, Baku
Sep 29 – Oct 3, Kishinev
Sep 27 – Oct 1, Sverdlovsk
Sep 26-29, Dnepropetrovsk
Sep 25-29, Moskva
| Number | Union republics | Team(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | FC Khimik Moscow FC Torpedo Rostov-na-Donu, FC Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo, FC Zenit Kaliningrad, FC Spartak Kalinin, FC Torpedo Gorkiy, FC Torpedo Stalingrad, FC Avangard Chelyabinsk, FC Krylia Sovetov Molotov, FC Avangard Sverdlovsk | ||
| 4 | FC Metallurg Odessa, FC Shakhter Stalino, FC Metallurg Zaporozhye, FC Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk | ||
| 1 | FC Spartaki Tbilisi | ||
| 1 | FC Dinamo Yerevan | ||
| 1 | FC Neftianik Baku | ||
| 1 | FC Dinamo Alma-Ata | ||
| 1 | FC Spartak Asgabat | ||
| 1 | FC Spartak Tashkent | ||
| 1 | FC Iskra Frunze | ||
| 1 | FC Gornyak Leninabad | ||
| 1 | FC Dinamo Minsk | ||
| 1 | FC Daugava Riga | ||
| 1 | FC Burevestnik Kishinev | ||
| 1 | FC Kalev Tallinn | ||
| 1 | FC Krasnaya Zvezda Petrozavodsk |