 They appeared under the names of Locomotiv (1947–49), Spartak (1950–54), Kolhozchi (1956–59, 1976–87), Stoitel (1962–75) and Köpetdag (1960, 1961, 1988–91, present).In Soviet times, one of the coaches of the team in the 1980s was Valery Nepomnyashchy.After the collapse of the Soviet Union team planned to participate in the open championship of the CIS, but because of the many differences the championship did not take place.