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The Soviet Figure Skating Championships () – also known as the USSR Figure Skating Championships – were an annual figure skating competition organized by the Figure Skating Federation of the USSR () to crown the national champions of the Soviet Union. The first Soviet Championships were held in 1924 in Moscow. Competitions were frequently interrupted early on, particularly leading up to and during World War II, while the final Soviet Championships were held in 1991 in Kyiv. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, many of the former Soviet republics held their own national figure skating championships.

Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. 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 () 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. The first Soviet Figure Skating Championships were held in 1924 in Moscow, and continued to 1941 with frequent interruptions leading up to World War II. Competitions were held without interruption from 1945 onwards. Ice dance made its debut at the 1946 Soviet Championships. The figure skating competitions at the 1958 Spartakiad of the RSFSR (Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic) served as the 1958 Soviet Championships; the same was true for the 1974 and 1978 Spartakiads of the Peoples of the USSR. The last installment was held in December 1991 in Kyiv, in what was then the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union in December 1991, Russia and the other eleven Soviet republics emerged as independent nations. 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, Maria Butyrskaya won six women's titles between 1993 and 1999, Marina Eltsova and Andrei Bushkov won four pairs titles between 1993 and 1998, Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov won the pairs title in 1996, Oksana Grishuk and Evgeni Platov won the ice dance title in 1996, and Anjelika Krylova and Vladimir Fedorov won the ice dance titles in 1993 to 1994. Viktor Petrenko won the men's title at the 1994 Ukrainian Figure Skating Championships, while Julia Vorobieva became a seven-time national champion of Azerbaijan.

Senior medalists

Men's singles

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1924	Moscow	Yuri Zeldovich	No other competitors
1925–26	No competitions held
1927	Leningrad	Yuri Zeldovich	Mikhail Stankevich	No other competitors
1928	Leonid Shaposhnikov	Mikhail Stankevich
No competitions held
1933	Gorky	Ivan Bogoyavlensky	Mr. V. Dmitriev	Mr. Strelkov
1934–36	No competitions held
1937	Moscow	Pyotr Chernyshev	Petr Orlov	Sergei Vasilyev
1938	Leningrad
1939	Gorky	Sergei Vasiliev	Petr Orlov
1940	No competition held
1941	Moscow	Pyotr Chernyshev	Sergei Vasiliev	Petr Orlov
1942–44	No competitions held
1945	Gorky	Sergei Vasiliev	Pyotr Chernyshev	Boris Podkosi
1946	Tallinn	Petr Orlov	Sergei Vasiliev	Pyotr Chernyshev
1947	Gorky
1948	Moscow	Sergei Vasiliev	Petr Orlov
1949	Gorky	Pyotr Chernyshev	Petr Orlov
1950	Kalinin	Petr Orlov	B. Podkopaev
1951	Tula	Petr Orlov	Sergei Vasiliev	Ivan Mitrushchenkov
1952	Moscow	Ivan Mitrushchenkov	Valentin Zakharov
1953	Yaroslavl	Valentin Zakharov	Petr Orlov	Ivan Mitrushchenkov
1954	Kirov	Oleg Simantovsky	Igor Persiantsev
1955	Moscow	Igor Persiantsev	Valentin Zakharov
1956	Arkhangelsk	Lev Mikhaylov	Igor Persiantsev
1957	Moscow	Valentin Zakharov	Oleg Simantovsky
1958	Igor Persiantsev
1959	Igor Persiantsev	Oleg Simantovsky
1960	Oleg Simantovsky	Igor Persiantsev
1961	Valery Meshkov	Alexander Vedenin
1962	Riga	Alexander Vedenin	Oleg Simantovsky
1963	Moscow	Alexander Vedenin	Vladimir Kurenbin	Valery Meshkov
1964	Kirov	Valery Meshkov	Sergei Chetverukhin	Alexei Mishin
1965	Kyiv	Alexander Vedenin	Valery Meshkov	Sergei Chetverukhin
1966	Gorky	Valery Meshkov	Sergei Chetverukhin	Vladimir Kurenbin
1967	Kuybyshev	Sergei Chetverukhin	Vladimir Kurenbin	Valery Meshkov
1968	Voskresensk	Valery Meshkov	Vladimir Kurenbin
1969	Leningrad	Vladimir Kurenbin	Sergey Volkov
1970	Kyiv	Sergey Volkov	Yuri Ovchinnikov
1971	Riga
1972	Minsk	Vladimir Kovalyov	Igor Bobrin
1973	Rostov-on-Don	Sergei Chetverukhin	Yuri Ovchinnikov	Sergey Volkov
1974	Sverdlovsk	Sergey Volkov	Vladimir Kovalyov
1975	Kyiv	Yuri Ovchinnikov	Sergey Volkov
1976	Volgograd	Sergey Volkov	Yuri Ovchinnikov	Igor Bobrin
1977	Vilnius	Vladimir Kovalyov	Sergey Volkov
1978	Sverdlovsk	Igor Bobrin	Vladimir Kovalyov	Konstantin Kokora
1979	Zaporizhzhia	Konstantin Kokora	Igor Bobrin	Vladimir Kotin
1980	Kharkiv	Igor Bobrin	Vladimir Kotin	Konstantin Kokora
1981	Odesa	Alexandre Fadeev	Vladimir Kotin
1982	Riga	Vladimir Kotin	Alexandre Fadeev
1983	Chelyabinsk	Alexandre Fadeev	Igor Bobrin	Vitali Egorov
1984	Tashkent	Vitali Egorov	Leonid Kaznakov	Viktor Petrenko
1985	Dnipropetrovsk	Vladimir Kotin	Vitali Egorov	Leonid Kaznakov
1986	Leningrad	Alexandre Fadeev	Viktor Petrenko	Vitali Egorov
1987	Vilnius
1988	Yerevan	Vladimir Kotin
1989	Kyiv	Dmitri Gromov	Yuriy Tsymbalyuk
1990	Leningrad	Viktor Petrenko	Dmitri Gromov
1991	Minsk	Viktor Petrenko	Vyacheslav Zahorodnyuk	Alexei Urmanov
1992	Kyiv	Alexei Urmanov	Viktor Petrenko

Men's event medalists

Women's singles

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1924	Moscow	No women's competitors
No competitions held
1928	Leningrad	M. Petrova	M. Matselis	No other competitors
No competitions held
1933	Gorky	Tatiana Granatkina	Tatyana Molchanova	No other competitors
1934–36	No competitions held
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)
1940	No competition held
1941	Moscow	Evgenia Alekseeva (née Oborina)	Vaike Paduri (née Kaljuvee)	Julia Katkhanova (née Nikolaeva)
1942–44	No competitions held
1945	Gorky	Vaike Paduri (née Kaljuvee)	Jelena Vasiljeva	Lidia Sokolova
1946	Tallinn	Evgenia Alekseeva (née Oborina)	Vaike Paduri (née Kaljuvee)	Julia Katkhanova (née Nikolaeva)
1947	Gorky	Julia Katkhanova (née Nikolaeva)	Tatiana Granatkina
1948	Moscow	Julia Alexeeva
1949	Gorky	Evgenia Alekseeva (née Oborina)	Nonna Kartavenko
1950	Kalinin	Nonna Kartavenko	Maya Belenkaya
1951	Tula
1952	Moscow
1953	Yaroslavl	Nonna Kartavenko	Maya Belenkaya	Marina Granatkina
1954	Kirov	Maya Belenkaya	Evgenia Bogdanova
1955	Moscow	Tatiana Likhareva	Elena Osipova
1956	Arkhangelsk	Evgenia Bogdanova	Tatiana Likhareva	Tatiana Medvedeva
1957	Moscow	Elena Osipova	Evgenia Bogdanov	Tatiana Likhareva
1958	Tatiana Likhareva	Elena Osipova
1959	Irina Ershova
1960	Tatyana Nemtsova	Tamara Bratus	Tatiana Likhareva
1961	Irina Grishkova
1962	Riga	Tamara Bratus (Moskvina)	Irina Liuliakova	Svetlana Tarasova
1963	Moscow	Tatyana Zhuk	Tatyana Nemtsova
1964	Kirov	Tatyana Nemtsova	Tatyana Loginova
1965	Kyiv	Elena Slepova	Elena Shcheglova
1966	Gorky	Galina Grzhibovskaya	Tatiana Moskovskaya
1967	Kuybyshev	Elena Shcheglova	Elena Alexandrova
1968	Voskresensk	Galina Grzhibovskaya	Elena Shcheglova
1969	Leningrad	Elena Shcheglova	Galina Grzhibovskaya
1970	Kyiv	Elena Alexandrova	Elena Shcheglova	Alla Korneva
1971	Riga	Marina Titova	Elena Alexandrova	Elena Kotova
1972	Minsk	Tatiana Oleneva
1973	Rostov-on-Don	Tatiana Oleneva	Marina Sanaya	Liudmila Bakonina
1974	Sverdlovsk	Liudmila Bakonina	Tatiana Rachkova	Elena Lytkina
1975	Kyiv
1976	Volgograd	Elena Vodorezova	Natalia Strelkova	Liudmila Bakonina
1977	Vilnius	Liudmila Bakonina	Marina Kulbitskaya
1978	Sverdlovsk	Liudmila Bakonina	Marina Ignatova	Zhanna Ilyina
1979	Zaporizhzhia	Kira Ivanova	Natalia Strelkova	Marina Ignatova
1980	Kharkiv	Elena Vodorezova	Alla Fomicheva
1981	Odesa	Kira Ivanova	Alla Fomicheva	Marina Serova
1982	Riga	Elena Vodorezova	Anna Antonova	Anna Kondrashova
1983	Chelyabinsk	Anna Kondrashova	Anna Antonova
1984	Tashkent	Natalia Lebedeva	Marina Serova
1985	Dnipropetrovsk	Anna Kondrashova	Kira Ivanova	Natalia Lebedeva
1986	Leningrad
1987	Vilnius	Natalia Skrabnevskaya
1988	Yerevan	Natalia Gorbenko
1989	Kyiv	Natalia Gorbenko	Natalia Lebedeva	Anna Lozovik
1990	Leningrad	Natalia Lebedeva	Natalia Skrabnevskaya	Larissa Zamotina
1991	Minsk	Julia Vorobieva	Natalia Gorbenko
1992	Kyiv	Tatiana Rachkova	Maria Butyrskaya

Women's event medalists

Pairs

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1924	Moscow	No other competitors
No competitions held
1927	Leningrad
1928
No competitions held
1933	Gorky
1934–36	No competitions held
1937	Moscow	& (tied)	No silver medals awarded
1938	Leningrad
1939	Gorky
1940	No competition held
1941	Moscow
1942–44	No competitions held
1945	Gorky
1946	Tallinn
1947	Gorky
1948	Moscow
1949	Gorky
1950	Kalinin
1951	Tula
1952	Moscow
1953	Yaroslavl
1954	Kirov
1955	Moscow	& (tied)
1956	Arkhangelsk
1957	Moscow
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962	Riga
1963	Moscow
1964	Kirov
1965	Kyiv
1966	Gorky
1967	Kuybyshev
1968	Voskresensk
1969	Leningrad
1970	Kyiv
1971	Riga
1972	Minsk
1973	Rostov-on-Don
1974	Sverdlovsk
1975	Kyiv
1976	Volgograd
1977	Vilnius
1978	Sverdlovsk
1979	Zaporizhzhia
1980	Kharkiv
1981	Odesa
1982	Riga
1983	Chelyabinsk
1984	Tashkent
1985	Dnipropetrovsk
1986	Leningrad
1987	Vilnius
1988	Yerevan
1989	Kyiv
1990	Leningrad
1991	Minsk
1992	Kyiv

Pairs' event medalists

Ice dance

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1946	Tallinn	No other competitors
1947	Gorky
1948	Moscow
1949	Gorky	No other competitors
1950	Kalinin
1951	Tula
1952	Moscow	No ice dance competition
1953	Yaroslavl
1954–58	No ice dance competitions
1959	Moscow
No ice dance competitions
1963	Moscow	No other competitors
1964	Kirov
1965	Kyiv
1966	Gorky
1967	Kuybyshev
1968	Voskresensk
1969	Leningrad
1970	Kyiv
1971	Riga
1972	Minsk
1973	Rostov-on-Don
1974	Sverdlovsk
1975	Kyiv
1976	Volgograd
1977	Vilnius
1978	Sverdlovsk
1979	Zaporizhzhia
1980	Kharkiv
1981	Odesa
1982	Riga
1983	Chelyabinsk
1984	Leningrad
1985	Dnipropetrovsk
1986	Leningrad
1987	Vilnius
1988	Yerevan
1989	Kyiv
1990	Leningrad
1991	Minsk
1992	Kyiv

Ice dance event medalists

Records

Discipline	Most championship titles
Skater(s)	Years
Men's singles	6	;1973
1983;
Women's singles	6
Pairs	10	;1941;
Ice dance	6	;
9	;;

References

External links

Back In The USSR, Part Three: Ice Dancing's Humble Beginnings In The Soviet Union at Skate Guard