| Soviet Figure Skating Championships | |
|---|---|
| Status | Defunct |
| Genre | National championships |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Country | |
| Years active | 1920–92 |
| Organized by | Figure Skating Federation of the USSR[1] |
The Soviet Figure Skating Championships (Russian: Чемпионат СССР по фигурному катанию) – also known as the USSR Figure Skating Championships – were an annual figure skating competition organized by the Figure Skating Federation of the USSR (Russian: Федерации фигурного катания СССР) to crown the national champions of the Soviet Union. The first Soviet Championships were held in 1920 in Saint Petersburg (then called Leningrad), while the final Soviet Championships were held in 1991 in Kyiv. Competitions were frequently interrupted early on, particularly leading up to and during World War II.
Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance at the senior and junior levels. Sergei Chetverukhin and Alexandre Fadeev are tied for winning the most Soviet Championship titles in men's singles (with six each), Julia Katkhanova holds the record in women's singles (also with six), and Tatyana Tolmachova (née Granatkina) and Alexander Tolmachev hold the record in pair skating (with ten). Lyudmila Pakhomova and Aleksandr Gorshkov hold the record in ice dance (with six), although Pakhomova won an additional three titles with a previous partner.
History
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics – more commonly referred to as the USSR or the Soviet Union – was established in 1922 following World War I and the Russian Revolution.[2] The Soviet Figure Skating Championships were held between 1920 and 1941, with frequent interruptions leading up to World War II, and then without interruption from 1945. The figure skating competitions at the 1958 Spartakiad of the RSFSR (Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic) served as the 1958 Soviet Championships,[3] the figure skating competitions at the 1974 Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR served as the 1974 Soviet Championships,[4] and the figure skating competitions at the 1978 Spartakiad served as the 1978 Soviet Championships.[5] The last installment was held in December 1991 in Kyiv, in what was then the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.[6]
After the collapse of the Soviet Union in December 1991, Russia and the other twelve Soviet republics emerged as independent nations.[7] Numerous Soviet medalists went on to have successful careers competing in the Russian Figure Skating Championships: Alexei Urmanov won four Russian men's titles from 1993 to 1996,[8] Maria Butyrskaya won six women's titles between 1993 and 1999,[9] Marina Eltsova and Andrei Bushkov won four pairs titles between 1993 and 1998,[10][11] Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov won the pairs title in 1996,[12] Oksana Grishuk and Evgeni Platov won the ice dance title in 1996,[13] and Anjelika Krylova and Vladimir Fedorov won two ice dance titles from 1993 to 1994.[14][15] Krylova won an additional three titles with another partner.[16]
Senior medalists
Men's singles
Fyodor Datlin, the very first men's champion of the Soviet Union, died in December 1941 during the German siege of Leningrad.[17]
Women's singles
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1928 | Leningrad | M. Petrova | M. Matselis | No other competitors | [72] |
| 1929–32 | No competitions held | ||||
| 1933 | Gorky | Tatiana Granatkina | Tatyana Molchanova | No other competitors | [73] |
| 1934–36 | No competitions held | [22][23] | |||
| 1937 | Moscow | Tatiana Granatkina | Evgenia Alekseeva (née Oborina) | No other competitors | |
| 1938 | Leningrad | Evgenia Alekseeva (née Oborina) | Nina Leplinskaya | ||
| 1939 | Gorky | Julia Katkhanova (née Nikolaeva) | [24] | ||
| 1940 | No competition held | [22] | |||
| 1941 | Moscow | Evgenia Alekseeva (née Oborina) | Vaike Paduri | Julia Katkhanova (née Nikolaeva) | [25] |
| 1942–44 | No competitions held | ||||
| 1945 | Gorky | Vaike Paduri | Jelena Vasiljeva | Lidia Sokolova | [26] |
| 1946 | Tallinn | Evgenia Alekseeva (née Oborina) | Vaike Paduri | Julia Katkhanova (née Nikolaeva) | [27] |
| 1947 | Gorky | Julia Katkhanova (née Nikolaeva) | Tatiana Granatkina | [28] | |
| 1948 | Moscow | Julia Alexeeva | [29] | ||
| 1949 | Gorky | Evgenia Alekseeva (née Oborina) | Nonna Kartavenko | [30] | |
| 1950 | Kalinin | Nonna Kartavenko | Maya Belenkaya | [31] | |
| 1951 | Tula | [32] | |||
| 1952 | Moscow | [33] | |||
| 1953 | Yaroslavl | Nonna Kartavenko | Maya Belenkaya | Marina Granatkina | [34] |
| 1954 | Kirov | Maya Belenkaya | Evgenia Bogdanova | [35] | |
| 1955 | Moscow | Tatiana Likhareva | Elena Osipova | [74] | |
| 1956 | Arkhangelsk | Evgenia Bogdanova | Tatiana Likhareva | Tatiana Medvedeva | [37] |
| 1957 | Moscow | Elena Osipova | Evgenia Bogdanov | Tatiana Likhareva | [38] |
| 1958 | Tatiana Likhareva | Elena Osipova | [39] | ||
| 1959 | Irina Ershova | [40] | |||
| 1960 | Tatyana Nemtsova | Tamara Bratus | Tatiana Likhareva | [75] | |
| 1961 | Irina Grishkova | [76] | |||
| 1962 | Riga | Tamara Bratus (Moskvina) | Irina Liuliakova | Svetlana Tarasova | [77] |
| 1963 | Moscow | Tatyana Zhuk | Tatyana Nemtsova | [78] | |
| 1964 | Kirov | Tatyana Nemtsova | Tatyana Loginova | [79] | |
| 1965 | Kyiv | Elena Slepova | Elena Shcheglova | [80] | |
| 1966 | Gorky | Galina Grzhibovskaya | Tatiana Moskovskaya | [47] | |
| 1967 | Kuybyshev | Elena Shcheglova | Elena Alexandrova | [81] | |
| 1968 | Voskresensk | Galina Grzhibovskaya | Elena Shcheglova | [49] | |
| 1969 | Leningrad | Elena Shcheglova | Galina Grzhibovskaya | [82] | |
| 1970 | Kyiv | Elena Alexandrova | Elena Shcheglova | Alla Korneva | [83] |
| 1971 | Riga | Marina Titova | Elena Alexandrova | Elena Kotova | [84] |
| 1972 | Minsk | Tatiana Oleneva | [85] | ||
| 1973 | Rostov-on-Don | Tatiana Oleneva | Marina Sanaya | Liudmila Bakonina | [54] |
| 1974 | Sverdlovsk | Liudmila Bakonina | Tatiana Rachkova | Elena Lytkina | [86] |
| 1975 | Kyiv | [87] | |||
| 1976 | Volgograd | Elena Vodorezova | Natalia Strelkova | Liudmila Bakonina | [88] |
| 1977 | Vilnius | Liudmila Bakonina | Marina Kulbitskaya | [89] | |
| 1978 | Sverdlovsk | Liudmila Bakonina | Marina Ignatova | Zhanna Ilyina | [90] |
| 1979 | Zaporizhzhia | Kira Ivanova | Natalia Strelkova | Marina Ignatova | [91] |
| 1980 | Kharkiv | Elena Vodorezova | Alla Fomicheva | [92] | |
| 1981 | Odesa | Kira Ivanova | Alla Fomicheva | Marina Serova | [93] |
| 1982 | Riga | Elena Vodorezova | Anna Antonova | Anna Kondrashova | [94] |
| 1983 | Chelyabinsk | Anna Kondrashova | Anna Antonova | [63] | |
| 1984 | Tashkent | Natalia Lebedeva | Marina Serova | [64] | |
| 1985 | Dnipropetrovsk | Anna Kondrashova | Kira Ivanova | Natalia Lebedeva | [95] |
| 1986 | Leningrad | [96] | |||
| 1987 | Vilnius | Natalia Skrabnevskaya | [97] | ||
| 1988 | Yerevan | Natalia Gorbenko | [98] | ||
| 1989 | Kyiv | Natalia Gorbenko | Natalia Lebedeva | Anna Lozovik | [99] |
| 1990 | Leningrad | Natalia Lebedeva | Natalia Skrabnevskaya | Larissa Zamotina | [100] |
| 1991 | Minsk | Julia Vorobieva | Natalia Gorbenko | [71] | |
| 1992 | Kyiv | Tatiana Rachkova | Maria Butyrskaya | [6] | |
Pairs
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1924 | Moscow |
|
No other competitors | [19] | |
| 1925–26 | No competitions held | ||||
| 1927 | Leningrad |
|
|
|
[101] |
| 1928 |
|
|
|
[72] | |
| 1929–32 | No competitions held | ||||
| 1933 | Gorky |
|
|
|
[73] |
| 1934–36 | No competitions held | [22][23] | |||
| 1937 | Moscow |
|
No silver medals awarded |
| |
| 1938 | Leningrad |
|
|
| |
| 1939 | Gorky |
|
|
[24] | |
| 1940 | No competition held | [22] | |||
| 1941 | Moscow |
|
|
|
[102] |
| 1942–44 | No competitions held | ||||
| 1945 | Gorky |
|
|
|
[26] |
| 1946 | Tallinn |
|
[27] | ||
| 1947 | Gorky | [28] | |||
| 1948 | Moscow | [29] | |||
| 1949 | Gorky | [103] | |||
| 1950 | Kalinin |
|
[31] | ||
| 1951 | Tula |
|
[32] | ||
| 1952 | Moscow |
|
|
[33] | |
| 1953 | Yaroslavl |
|
|
[104] | |
| 1954 | Kirov |
|
[35] | ||
| 1955 | Moscow |
|
& (tied) | [105] | |
| 1956 | Arkhangelsk | [106] | |||
| 1957 | Moscow | [38] | |||
| 1958 | [107] | ||||
| 1959 |
|
[108] | |||
| 1960 |
|
|
[109] | ||
| 1961 | [42] | ||||
| 1962 | Riga |
|
|
[43] | |
| 1963 | Moscow |
|
[110] | ||
| 1964 | Kirov | [45] | |||
| 1965 | Kyiv | [111] | |||
| 1966 | Gorky | [47] | |||
| 1967 | Kuybyshev | [112] | |||
| 1968 | Voskresensk | [113] | |||
| 1969 | Leningrad | [114] | |||
| 1970 | Kyiv | [115] | |||
| 1971 | Riga | [52] | |||
| 1972 | Minsk | [116] | |||
| 1973 | Rostov-on-Don | [117] | |||
| 1974 | Sverdlovsk | [4] | |||
| 1975 | Kyiv | [118] | |||
| 1976 | Volgograd | [88] | |||
| 1977 | Vilnius | [119] | |||
| 1978 | Sverdlovsk |
|
[120] | ||
| 1979 | Zaporizhzhia | [121] | |||
| 1980 | Kharkiv | [122] | |||
| 1981 | Odesa | [123] | |||
| 1982 | Riga | [124] | |||
| 1983 | Chelyabinsk | [125] | |||
| 1984 | Tashkent | [126] | |||
| 1985 | Dnipropetrovsk | [127] | |||
| 1986 | Leningrad | [128] | |||
| 1987 | Vilnius | [129] | |||
| 1988 | Yerevan | [130] | |||
| 1989 | Kyiv | [131] | |||
| 1990 | Leningrad | [100] | |||
| 1991 | Minsk | [71] | |||
| 1992 | Kyiv | [6] | |||
Ice dance
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | Tallinn |
|
No other competitors | [27] | |
| 1947 | Gorky |
|
|
[132] | |
| 1948 | Moscow |
|
|
[29] | |
| 1949 | Gorky |
|
No other competitors | [103] | |
| 1950 | Kalinin |
|
|
[31] | |
| 1951 | Tula |
|
|
|
[133] |
| 1952 | Moscow | No ice dance competition | [33] | ||
| 1953 | Yaroslavl |
|
|
|
[134] |
| 1954–58 | No ice dance competitions | ||||
| 1959 | Moscow |
|
|
|
[108] |
| 1960–62 | No ice dance competitions | ||||
| 1963 | Moscow |
|
|
No other competitors | [78] |
| 1964 | Kirov |
|
|
[135] | |
| 1965 | Kyiv |
|
|
[111] | |
| 1966 | Gorky |
|
[47] | ||
| 1967 | Kuybyshev |
|
[81] | ||
| 1968 | Voskresensk | [136] | |||
| 1969 | Leningrad | [82] | |||
| 1970 | Kyiv | [83] | |||
| 1971 | Riga | [84] | |||
| 1972 | Minsk | [137] | |||
| 1973 | Rostov-on-Don | [54] | |||
| 1974 | Sverdlovsk |
|
[138] | ||
| 1975 | Kyiv | [87] | |||
| 1976 | Volgograd |
|
|
[139] | |
| 1977 | Vilnius | [58] | |||
| 1978 | Sverdlovsk | [140] | |||
| 1979 | Zaporizhzhia | [141] | |||
| 1980 | Kharkiv | [60] | |||
| 1981 | Odesa | [93] | |||
| 1982 | Riga | [62] | |||
| 1983 | Chelyabinsk | [63] | |||
| 1984 | Leningrad | [64] | |||
| 1985 | Dnipropetrovsk | [65] | |||
| 1986 | Leningrad | [66] | |||
| 1987 | Vilnius | [97] | |||
| 1988 | Yerevan | [98] | |||
| 1989 | Kyiv | [99] | |||
| 1990 | Leningrad | [100] | |||
| 1991 | Minsk | [71] | |||
| 1992 | Kyiv | [6] | |||
Records
| Discipline | Most championship titles | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skater(s) | No. | Years | Ref. | |
| Men's singles | 6 | 1967–71; 1973 |
[142][48] | |
| 1983; 1986–90 |
[63][66] [67][68] [69][70] | |||
| Women's singles |
|
6 | 1947–52 | [28][29] [30][31] [32][33] |
| Pairs |
|
10 | 1937–38; 1941; 1945–51 |
[143][22] |
| Ice dance | 6 | 1969–71; 1973–75 |
[144] | |
| [a] | 9 | 1964–66; 1969–71; 1973–75 | ||
- Note
- ^ Lyudmila Pakhomova won three championship titles while partnered with Viktor Ryzhkin (1964–66) and six with Aleksandr Gorshkov (1969–71, 1973–75).
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External links
- Back In The USSR, Part Three: Ice Dancing's Humble Beginnings In The Soviet Union at Skate Guard