| Season: | 1990 |
| Winners: | Bukovyna Chernivtsi, Uralmash Sverdlovsk, Neftyanik Fergana |
| Promoted: | 6 teams |
| Relegated: | 12 teams |
| Nextseason: | 1991 |
The Second League was restructured reducing number of zones from 9 to 3 due to withdrawals by clubs from Estonia, Georgia, Latvia (except Pardaugava Riga, a majority-Russian club) and Lithuania as they declared independence from the Soviet Union.