In 1967 the main Cherkasy team switched its name to Dnipro after the river on the banks of which the city of Cherkasy sits. Following another reorganization of the Soviet football competitions in 1970, republican Class B competitions were phased away and the Soviet Class A was expanded to three divisions.
In 1967, the Cherkasy team changed its name to Dnipro after the river that flows through the city of Cherkasy. In 1970, another restructuring of Soviet football competitions led to the phasing out of republican Class B competitions and the expansion of the Soviet Class A into three divisions.