St. Petersburg "Zenith" ahead of schedule secured 1st place on the results of the CHR on football for 3 rounds before the end championship. Blue-white-blue won the gold medal after losing the Moscow "Locomotive" in the away match with the Tula "Arsenal" with the score 2: 0. "Zenit" scored 58 points, Lokomotiv - 49, and at " Krasnodar ", which haven't played a private match of the 27th round, with 46 points. In case of equality of points by results of the championship of Russia blue-white-blue ahead of Railways and the "bulls" on additional indicators. The St. Petersburg club won the championship of Russia the fifth time, before he achieved a similar success in 2007 and 2010, in seasons 2011/2012 and 2014/2015. Also, Zenit became the USSR champion in 1984. All the matches of the 27th and 28th rounds of the championship of Russia starts with a moment of silence ceremony to commemorate the fallen in the great Patriotic war. <span style="color:darkgray