The club was founded in 1946 as CDKA (Centralnyy Dom Krasnoy Armii – Central House of the Red Army, referring to the Army community centre in Moscow).
Klubben blev grundlagt i 1946 under navnet CDKA (Tsentralnyj Dom Krasnoj Armii – Den Røde Hærs Centrale Hus), hvilket refererede til hærens center i Moskva.