It was founded in 1921 in Moscow as the "Moscow Sports Circle" (MSK) by footballer Nikolai Starostin and others. In 1926 it came under the sponsorship of the food worker's union ("Pischevik").
The Moscow Sports Circle (MSK), a sports organization, was initially founded in 1921 under the leadership of Nikolai Starostin and later gained support from the food workers' union ("Pischevik") in 1926.