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Russian Premier League

Russian men's association football top division
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Summary

Russian Premier League is an association football competition[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of association football competition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,121 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Russia[3]
  • Instance of: association football league[4]
  • Subclass of: national championship[5]
  • Part of: Russian football league system[6]
  • Commons category: Russian Premier League[7]
  • Edition number: 26[8]
  • Has part(s): 2014–15 Russian Premier League[9], 1992 Russian Top League[10], 1993 Russian Top League[11], 1994 Russian Top League[12], 1995 Russian Top League[13], Russian Premier League 2025–2026[14], 1996 Russian Top League[15], 1997 Russian Top League[16], 1998 Russian Top Division[17], 1999 Russian Top Division[18], 2000 Russian Top Division[19], 2001 Russian Top Division[20], 2002 Russian Premier League[21], 2003 Russian Premier League[22]
  • Inception: 1992[23]
  • Sport: association football[24]
  • Organizer: Russian Football Premier League[25]
  • Official website: https://premierliga.ru[26]
  • Sponsor: T-Bank[27]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Russian Premier League[28]
  • Number of participants: 16[29]
  • Topic has template: Template:Russian Premier League[30], Template:RPL player[31], Template:RPL referee[32]
  • Official name: Чемпионат России по футболу среди команд клубов Премьер-Лиги[33]
  • Main Wikidata property: P4417[34], P6312[35], P6313[36]
  • Different from: Soviet Top League[37]
  • Competition class: men's association football[38]
  • Event interval: 1 years[39]
  • League level below: Russian First League[40]
  • Season starts: July[41]
  • Season ends: May[42]
  • Social media followers: 230,552[43], 222,000[44], 232,369[45], 232,097[46], 252,000[47], 278,000[48], 338,000[49], 373,000[50], 401,000[51]

Why It Matters

Russian Premier League has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] It is known by 92 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  46. [48] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  48. [50] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [52] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [53] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · CupIvan · 2026-07-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → association football competition, association football league
    Topic has template → Template:Russian Premier League, Template:RPL player, Template:RPL referee
    Website → —
    Has part(s) → 2014–15 Russian Premier League, 1992 Russian Top League, 1993 Russian Top League +31
    + 26 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has part(s): Q139718692"
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