The 1994 Russian First League was the 3rd edition of Russian First Division. It was the first season after conversion from 3 zones in the First League into one zone of 22 teams.
^FC Zvezda-Yunis-Sib Irkutsk renamed to FC Zvezda Irkutsk
^FC Avtodor-Olaf Vladikavkaz renamed to FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz were awarded 2 home wins when opponents did not arrive for the game.
^FC Erzu Grozny was excluded from the league after playing 19 games (4 more games scheduled to be played in Grozny before Erzu's exclusion were awarded to Erzu with a score of 3:0 because the opponents did not arrive to the game due to security concerns on the brink of First Chechen War). Erzu did not play professionally in 1995.
^FC Interros Moscow renamed to FC Tekhinvest-M and moved to Moskovsky