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Author: Alan, 5B4AHJ

This article is not complete - please help by providing the missing QTH & oblast info! Also, any QSL scans for callsigns that do not have a blue link would be appreciated.

This article explains the format of the callsigns of USSR "Victory/Pobeda" stations operating from 1985-91. All special Victory stations operated from club stations, and were usually QRV in May each year, although "Victory-40" stations were QRV January-May and August/September in 1985. EN0 stations were QRV August/September in 1985. Most of these stations were QRV in the period 1985-1991, but a small number were QRV in 1984 and 1992 also. This is noted in the "Note" column.

Prefixes

Prefixes used: EM, EN, EO, ER, EU, EV, EW and EZ (1990/91).
In addition, the EZ prefix was used from 1990, although some of these stations may not have been Victory stations, but follow the same callsign rules.

Digit - Stations within the RSFSR

Indicates the entity, eg EM2AFB = UA2, EO3AWK = UA3, EV9AW = UA9.

Digit - Stations in the republics

Mostly, as used with the normal prefix for the republic, eg EU2C = UC2.
However, there are a few exceptions, eg EW7BF = UB.

First letter of suffix

Specifies the republic, and is the same as the second letter of the normal prefix for the republic, eg EM2C = UC, EO8M = UM etc.
Note that A (=UA), V (=UV) and W (=UW) were used for RSFSR, and both B (=UB) and T (=UT) were used for Ukraine.

Single-character suffix

Callsigns with a single-character suffix were located in the capital city.
ER: Seems to have been used from most republics, eg ER3A = Moscow. (In 1985 ER3A was the only station with an ER prefix and was used to denote Moscow's status as capital of USSR)).
EU: Capital city of the 15 SS Republics (UA, UB, UC, UD, UF, UG, UH, UI, UJ, UL, UM, UO, UP, UQ, UR), eg EU2C = Minsk.
EV: Capital city of the 20 Autonomous Republics (UA1N, UA4P, UA4S, UA4U, UA4W, UA4Y, UA6I, UA6J, UA6P, UA6W, UA6X, UA9W, UA9X, UA0O, UA0Q, UA0Y, UD-N, UF-Q, UF-V, UI-Z).
EM: Capitals of guerrilla activity

EO: Cities which were awarded medals for their contribution toward the Victory

EW: "Hero" cities (and one Hero Fortress)

Note: From 1990, some, but not all, EU & EW calls were used from Belarus, in which case the first letter of the suffix specified the oblast, not the republic.
Thus, EU9A was Minsk City, Belarus and not AS Russia, as would have been the case prior to 1990.

Second letter of suffix

Specifies the oblast, eg EM8JXD = 183 (UJ-X), EV9AW = 084 (UA9-W).

Third letter of suffix

In some, but not all cases, the third letter of the suffix is the first letter of the city.

Reference

The DXNS U.S.S.R. OBLAST GUIDE, dated circa 1990, published by Geoff Watts, BRS-3129.

Some known stations

Note: This list is work-in-progress. 

Please help by providing details of missing stations.

These callsigns are taken from the Club Log QSO database in mid-February 2012, with a further update in May 2015.

Callsigns in the database with a single QSO have been ignored, to avoid busted calls. However, some of the callsigns listed could be busted.

The listed stations are likely to be the most active, and the list is not claimed to be complete, but gives some idea of the scale of activity.

The QTH is either from QSL cards (in which case, click on the callsign to see the card), other sources (such as QSOs in HAMLOG), or, if all else fails, the oblast name.

The QRV years are from the Club Log QSO database. It is entirely possible that listed callsigns were also QRV in years other than those listed.

Single-letter suffix

Three-letter suffix

Related articles

USSR callsign changes - May, 1984

Wikipedia Hero City

Acknowledgements

Constantin M. Semyonov, UA1AKE (Some QTH info).

RSGB DX News Sheet #1151, dated 1985-01-22

The DXNS U.S.S.R. OBLAST GUIDE, dated circa 1990, published by Geoff Watts, BRS-3129.