Soviet Figure Skating Championships

For championships held after 1992, see Russian Figure Skating Championships.

The Soviet Figure Skating Championships (Russian: Чемпионат СССР по фигурному катанию) were an annual figure skating competition to crown the national champions of the Soviet Union. Skaters competed in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance at the senior and junior levels.

Soviet Figure Skating Championships
Status	Defunct
Genre	National championships
Frequency	Annual
Country	Soviet Union
Years active	1920–92

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 Soviet Union was established in 1922 following World War I and the Russian Revolution. The Soviet Figure Skating Championships were held between 1920 and 1941, with frequent interruptions leading up to World War II. The competitions were held without interruption from 1945 to 1922. The last installment of the Soviet Championships were held in Kyiv, in what was then the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, in December 1991.^[1] After the collapse of the Soviet Union in December 1991, Russia and the other twelve Soviet republics emerged as independent nations.

The figure skating competitions at the 1974 Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR served as the 1974 Soviet Championships.^[2] Likewise, the figure skating competitions at the 1978 Spartakiad served as the 1978 Soviet Championships.^[3]

Senior medalists

Men's singles

Men's event medalists

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1920	Leningrad	Fyodor Datlin	Ivan Bogoyavlensky	No other competitors	[4]
1921–23	No competitions held
1924	Moscow	Yuri Zeldovich	No other competitors		[5]
1925–26	No competitions held
1927	Unknown	Yuri Zeldovich	Mikhail Stankevich	No other competitors	[6]
1928	Unknown		Leonid Shaposhnikov	Mikhail Stankevich	[7]
1929–32	No competitions held
1933	Gorky	Ivan Bogoyavlensky	V. Dmitriev	Strelkov	[8]
1934–36	No competitions held
1937	Moscow	Pyotr Chernyshev	Petr Orlov	Sergei Vasilyev
1938	Leningrad
1939	Gorky		Sergei Vasiliev	Petr Orlov	[9]
1940	No competition held				[8]
1941	Moscow	Pyotr Chernyshev	Sergei Vasiliev	Petr Orlov	[10]
1942–44	No competitions held
1945	Gorky	Sergei Vasiliev[11]	Unknown
1946	Tallinn	Petr Orlov[12]	Sergei Vasiliev	Pyotr Chernyshev
1947	Gorky	Petr Orlov[13]
1948	Moscow	Sergei Vasiliev[14]	Vladimir Burago
1949	Gorky	Petr Orlov	Sergei Vasiliev		[15]
1950	Kalinin	Sergei Vasiliev[16]	Petr Orlov[16]	Boris Podkopaev
1951	Tula	Petr Orlov[17]	Sergei Vasiliev
1952	Moscow	Ivan Mitrushchenkov[18]		Valentin Zakharov
1953	Yaroslavl	Valentin Zakharov	Petr Orlov	Ivan Mitrushchenkov	[19]
1954	Kirov		Oleg Simantovsky	Igor Persiantsev	[20]
1955	Moscow	Igor Persiantsev		Valentin Zakharov	[21]
1956	Arkhangelsk	Lev Mikhailov		Igor Persiantsev	[22]
1957	Moscow		Valentin Zakharov	Oleg Simantovsky	[23]
1958			Igor Persiantsev	Valentin Zakharov	[24]
1959				Oleg Simantovsky	[25]
1960			Oleg Simantovsky	Igor Persiantsev	[26]
1961		Valery Meshkov[27]		Alexander Vedenin
1962	Riga	Valery Meshkov	Alexander Vedenin	Oleg Simantovsky	[28]
1963	Moscow	Alexander Vedenin	Vladimir Kurenbin	Valery Meshkov	[29]
1964	Kirov	Valery Meshkov	Sergei Chetverukhin	Alexei Mishin	[30]
1965	Kyiv	Alexander Vedenin	Valery Meshkov	Sergei Chetverukhin	[31]
1966		Valery Meshkov	Sergei Chetverukhin	Vladimir Kurenbin	[32]
1967	Kuybyshev	Sergei Chetverukhin	Vladimir Kurenbin	Alexander Vedenin	[33]
1968	Voskresensk		Valery Meshkov	Vladimir Kurenbin	[34]
1969	Leningrad		Vladimir Kurenbin	Sergey Volkov	[35]
1970	Kyiv		Sergey Volkov	Yuri Ovchinnikov	[36]
1971	Riga				[37]
1972	Minsk	Vladimir Kovalyov		Igor Bobrin	[38]
1973	Rostov-on-Don	Sergei Chetverukhin	Yuri Ovchinnikov	Sergey Volkov	[39]
1974	Sverdlovsk	Sergey Volkov		Vladimir Kovalyov	[2]
1975	Kyiv	Yuri Ovchinnikov	Sergey Volkov		[40]
1976	Volgograd	Sergey Volkov	Yuri Ovchinnikov	Igor Bobrin	[41]
1977	Vilnius	Vladimir Kovalyov		Sergey Volkov	[42]
1978	Sverdlovsk	Igor Bobrin	Vladimir Kovalyov	Konstantin Kokora	[3]
1979	Zaporizhzhia	Konstantin Kokora	Igor Bobrin	Vladimir Kotin	[43]
1980	Kharkiv	Igor Bobrin	Vladimir Kotin	Konstantin Kokora	[44]
1981	Odesa		Alexandre Fadeev	Vladimir Kotin	[45]
1982	Riga		Vladimir Kotin	Alexandre Fadeev	[46]
1983	Chelyabinsk	Alexandre Fadeev	Igor Bobrin	Vitali Egorov	[47]
1984	Tashkent	Vitali Egorov	Leonid Kaznakov	Viktor Petrenko	[48]
1985	Dnipropetrovsk	Vladimir Kotin	Vitali Egorov	Leonid Kaznakov	[49]
1986	Leningrad	Alexandre Fadeev	Viktor Petrenko	Vitali Egorov	[50]
1987	Vilnius				[51]
1988	Yerevan			Vladimir Kotin	[52]
1989	Kyiv		Dmitri Gromov	Yuriy Tsymbalyuk	[53]
1990	Leningrad		Viktor Petrenko	Dmitri Gromov	[54]
1991	Minsk	Viktor Petrenko	Vyacheslav Zahorodnyuk	Alexei Urmanov	[55]
1992	Kyiv	Alexei Urmanov		Viktor Petrenko	[1]

Women's singles

Women's event medalists

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1928	Unknown	M. Petrova	M. Matselis	No other competitors	[7]
1929–32	No competitions held
1933	Gorky	Tatyana Tolmachova	Tatyana Molchanova	No other competitors	[56]
1934–36	No competitions held				[8]
1937	Moscow	Tatyana Tolmachova	Evgenia Alekseeva	No other competitors
1938	Leningrad	Evgenia Alekseeva	Nina Leplinskaya
1939	Gorky			Julia Katkhanova	[9]
1940	No competition held				[8]
1941	Moscow	Evgenia Alekseeva	Vaike Paduri	Julia Katkhanova	[10]
1942–44	No competitions held
1945	Gorky	Vaike Paduri[11]	Jelena Vassiljeva	Lidia Sokolova
1946	Tallinn	Evgenia Alekseeva[12]	Vaike Paduri[12]	Julia Nikolaeva
1947	Gorky	Julia Katkhanova[13]	Vaike Paduri[13]
1948	Moscow	Julia Katkhanova[14]	Vaike Paduri [14]	Julia Alexeeva
1949	Gorky	Julia Katkhanova	Nonna Kartavenko	Evgenia Vasilyeva	[15]
1950	Kalinin			Maya Belenkaya	[16]
1951	Tula	Julia Katkhanova[17]	Nonna Kartavenko[17]
1952	Moscow	Julia Katkhanova	Nonna Kartavenko		[18]
1953	Yaroslavl	Nonna Kartavenko[19]	Maya Belenkaya[19]	Marina Granatkina
1954	Kirov	Tatyana Danilenko[20]	Evgenia Bogdanov[20]
1955	Moscow	Tatyana Danilenko	Evgenia Bogdanov	Elena Tchaikovskaia	[21]
1956	Arkhangelsk	Evgenia Bogdanov	Tatyana Danilenko	Tatiana Medvedeva	[22]
1957	Moscow	Elena Tchaikovskaia	Evgenia Bogdanov	Tatyana Danilenko	[23]
1958		Evgenia Bogdanov	Elena Tchaikovskaia		[24]
1959		Tatyana Danilenko	Evgenia Bogdanov	Irina Ershova	[25]
1960		Tatyana Nemtsova	Tamara Bratus	Tatyana Danilenko	[26]
1961				Irina Grishkova	[27]
1962	Riga	Tamara Moskvina	Irina Liuliakova	Svetlana Tarasova	[28]
1963	Moscow		Tatyana Zhuk	Tatyana Nemtsova	[29]
1964	Kirov		Tatyana Nemtsova	Tatyana Loginova	[30]
1965	Kyiv		Elena Slepova	Elena Shcheglova	[31]
1966			Galina Grzhibovskaya	Tatiana Moskovskaya	[32]
1967	Kuybyshev	Elena Shcheglova		Elena Kotova	[33]
1968	Voskresensk	Galina Grzhibovskaya	Elena Shcheglova	Elena Alexandrova	[34]
1969	Leningrad	Elena Shcheglova	Galina Grzhibovskaya		[35]
1970	Kyiv	Elena Alexandrova	Elena Shcheglova	Alla Korneva	[36]
1971	Riga	Marina Titova	Elena Alexandrova	Elena Kotova	[37]
1972	Minsk		Tatiana Oleneva		[38]
1973	Rostov-on-Don	Tatiana Oleneva	Marina Sanaya	Liudmila Mineyeva	[39]
1974	Sverdlovsk	Liudmila Mineyeva	Tatiana Oleneva	Elena Lytkina	[2]
1975	Kyiv		Tatiana Rakomsa		[57]
1976	Volgograd	Elena Vodorezova	Natalia Strelkova	Liudmila Mineyeva	[41]
1977	Vilnius		Liudmila Mineyeva	Marina Kulbitskaya	[42]
1978	Sverdlovsk	Liudmila Mineyeva	Marina Ignatova	Zhanna Ilyina	[3]
1979	Zaporizhzhia	Kira Ivanova	Natalia Strelkova	Marina Ignatova	[43]
1980	Kharkiv	Elena Vodorezova		Alla Fomicheva	[44]
1981	Odesa	Kira Ivanova	Alla Fomicheva	Marina Serova	[45]
1982	Riga	Elena Vodorezova	Anna Antonova	Anna Kondrashova	[46]
1983	Chelyabinsk		Anna Kondrashova	Anna Antonova	[47]
1984	Tashkent	Natalia Lebedeva	Marina Serova		[48]
1985	Dnipropetrovsk	Anna Kondrashova	Kira Ivanova	Natalia Lebedeva	[49]
1986	Leningrad				[50]
1987	Vilnius			Natalia Skrabnevskaya	[51]
1988	Yerevan			Natalia Gorbenko	[52]
1989	Kyiv	Natalia Gorbenko	Natalia Lebedeva	Anna Lozovik	[53]
1990	Leningrad	Natalia Lebedeva	Natalia Skrabnevskaya	Larissa Zamotina	[54]
1991	Minsk	Julia Vorobieva	Natalia Gorbenko		[55]
1992	Kyiv		Tatiana Rachkova	Maria Butyrskaya	[1]

Pairs

Pairs event medalists

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1924	Moscow	Alexandrа Bykovskaya Yuri Zeldovich	No other competitors		[5]
1925–26	No competitions held
1927	Unknown	Tatyana Molchanova Mikhail Stankevich	Frolova Alexeev	M. Matselis V. Zakharov	[6]
1928	Unknown	Maria Laskevich Igor Vonzblein	Tatyana Molchanova Mikhail Stankevich	Frolova Alexeev	[7]
1929–32	No competitions held
1933	Gorky	Valentina Krylova Ivan Krylov	Tatyana Tolmachova Alexander Tolmachev	Raisa Novozhilova Alexander Gandelman	[56]
1934–36	No competitions held				[8]
1937	Moscow	Raisa Novozhilova Alexander Gandelman & Tatyana Tolmachova Alexander Tolmachev (tied)	No silver medals awarded	Olga Dedova Аlexander Klimov
1938	Leningrad	Tatyana Tolmachova Alexander Tolmachev	Valentina Krylova Ivan Krylov	I. Krylova Petr Orlov
1939	Gorky	Raisa Novozhilova Alexander Gandelman [8]	Unknown
1940	No competition held				[8]
1941	Moscow	Tatyana Tolmachova Alexander Tolmachev	Raisa Novozhilova Alexander Gandelman	Unknown
1942–44	No competitions held
1945	Gorky	Tatyana Tolmachova Alexander Tolmachev	Unknown
1946	Tallinn		Raisa Novozhilova Alexander Gandelman	Larisa Novozhilova Samson Gliazev
1947	Gorky
1948	Moscow
1949	Gorky
1950	Kalinin		Maya Belenkaya Igor Moskvin [16]	Raisa Novozhilova Alexander Gandelman
1951	Tula		Maya Belenkaya Igor Moskvin	Larisa Novozhilova Samson Gliazev
1952	Moscow	Maya Belenkaya Igor Moskvin [18]	Marina Granatkina Valentin Zakharov	Lydia Gorlinskaya Yuri Kiselev
1953	Yaroslavl	Maya Belenkaya Igor Moskvin [19]	Margarita Bogoyavlenskaya Oleg Protopopov
1954	Kirov	Maya Belenkaya Igor Moskvin [20]	Lydia Gorlinskaya Yuri Kiselev	Nina Zhuk Stanislav Zhuk
1955	Moscow	Lydia Gorlinskaya Yuri Kiselev	Maya Belenkaya Igor Moskvin	Ludmila Belousova Oleg Protopopov	[21]
1956	Arkhangelsk				[22]
1957	Moscow	Nina Zhuk Stanislav Zhuk [23]	Ludmila Belousova Oleg Protopopov [23]	Maya Belenkaya Igor Moskvin
1958		Nina Zhuk Stanislav Zhuk [24]	Ludmila Belousova Oleg Protopopov [24]
1959		Nina Zhuk Stanislav Zhuk	Ludmila Belousova Oleg Protopopov	Svetlana Mozer Yuri Nevsky	[25]
1960		Tatyana Zhuk Alexander Gavrilov [26]	Galina Sedova Georgi Proskurin	S. Belitskaya V. Belitskiy
1961		Nina Zhuk Stanislav Zhuk [27]	Ludmila Belousova Oleg Protopopov [27]	Tatyana Zhuk Alexander Gavrilov
1962	Riga	Ludmila Belousova Oleg Protopopov [28]	Tatyana Zhuk Alexander Gavrilov	Tatiana Sharanova Aleksandr Gorelik
1963	Moscow	Ludmila Belousova Oleg Protopopov	Tatyana Zhuk Alexander Gavrilov	Galina Orlova Georgi Proskurin	[29]
1964	Kirov		Tatiana Sharanova Aleksandr Gorelik	Tatiana Tarasova Georgi Proskurin	[30]
1965	Kyiv	Tamara Moskvina Alexander Gavrilov	Tatiana Tarasova Georgi Proskurin	Lyudmila Suslina Alexander Tikhomirov	[31]
1966		Ludmila Belousova Oleg Protopopov	Tatyana Zhuk Aleksandr Gorelik	Tamara Moskvina Alexei Mishin	[32]
1967	Kuybyshev		Tatiana Sharanova Anatoli Evdokimov		[33]
1968	Voskresensk		Tamara Moskvina Alexei Mishin	Irina Rodnina Alexei Ulanov	[34]
1969	Leningrad	Tamara Moskvina Alexei Mishin	Ludmila Belousova Oleg Protopopov		[35]
1970	Kyiv	Irina Rodnina Alexei Ulanov	Lyudmila Smirnova Andrei Suraikin	Galina Karelina Georgi Proskurin	[36]
1971	Riga				[37]
1972	Minsk	Irina Chernyaeva Vasili Blagov	Irina Vorobieva Aleksandr Vlasov	Ludmila Belousova Oleg Protopopov	[38]
1973	Rostov-on-Don	Irina Rodnina Alexander Zaitsev	Irina Cherniaeva Vasili Blagov	Lyudmila Smirnova Alexei Ulanov	[39]
1974	Sverdlovsk		Nadezhda Gorshkova Evgeni Shevalovski	Irina Vorobieva Aleksandr Vlasov	[2]
1975	Kyiv			Marina Leonidova Vladimir Bogolyubov	[57]
1976	Volgograd				[41]
1977	Vilnius		Irina Vorobieva Aleksandr Vlasov	Marina Cherkasova Sergei Shakhrai	[58]
1978	Sverdlovsk	Marina Cherkasova Sergei Shakhrai	Marina Pestova Stanislav Leonovich	Julia Rennik Ardo Rennik	[3]
1979	Zaporizhzhia			Irina Vorobieva Igor Lisovsky	[43]
1980	Kharkiv	Marina Pestova Stanislav Leonovich	Irina Vorobieva Igor Lisovsky	Inna Volyanskaya Valery Spiridonov	[44]
1981	Odesa	Veronica Pershina Marat Akbarov		Marina Cherkasova Sergei Shakhrai	[45]
1982	Riga	Marina Pestova Stanislav Leonovich	Veronica Pershina Marat Akbarov	Elena Valova Oleg Vasiliev	[46]
1983	Chelyabinsk			Marina Avstriyskaya Yuri Kvashnin	[47]
1984	Tashkent	Larisa Selezneva Oleg Makarov	Marina Avstriyskaya Yuri Kvashnin	Elena Bechke Valery Kornienko	[48]
1985	Dnipropetrovsk		Elena Valova Oleg Vasiliev	Veronica Pershina Marat Akbarov	[49]
1986	Leningrad	Elena Valova Oleg Vasiliev	Ekaterina Gordeeva Sergei Grinkov		[50]
1987	Vilnius	Ekaterina Gordeeva Sergei Grinkov	Larisa Selezneva Oleg Makarov	Elena Kvitchenko Rashid Kadyrkaev	[51]
1988	Yerevan	Larisa Selezneva Oleg Makarov	Natalia Mishkutionok Artur Dmitriev		[52]
1989	Kyiv				[53]
1990	Leningrad			Elena Leonova Gennadi Krasnitski	[54]
1991	Minsk	Evgenia Shishkova Vadim Naumov		Elena Bechke Denis Petrov	[55]
1992	Kyiv	Elena Bechke Denis Petrov	Evgenia Shishkova Vadim Naumov	Marina Eltsova Andrei Bushkov	[1]

Ice dance

Ice dance event medalists

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1958	Moscow	Svetlana Smirnova Leonid Gordon	Unknown
1959			A. Sushchinskaya V. Tomilin	Olga Polonskaya Vladimir Markin
1960		Unknown
1961		S. Belintskaya Vladimir Belinski	Nadezhda Velle Vladimir Markin	Larisa Lavlikhina Vladimir Lavlikhin
1962	Riga	Unknown
1963	Moscow	Nedezhda Shirokova Alexander Treshchev	Valentina Lekomtseva Igor Chikishev	No other competitors	[29]
1964	Kirov	Lyudmila Pakhomova Viktor Ryzhkin [30]	Nedezhda Shirokova Alexander Treshchev [30]	Valentina Lekomtseva Igor Chikishev
1965	Kyiv	Lyudmila Pakhomova Viktor Ryzhkin	Irina Grishkova Alexander Treshschev	Natalia Bakh Vladimir Pavlikhin	[31]
1966				Nadezhda Shirokova Sergei Shirokov	[32]
1967	Kuybyshev	Irina Grishkova Viktor Ryzhkin	Lyudmila Pakhomova Aleksandr Gorshkov		[33]
1968	Voskresensk			No other competitors	[34]
1969	Leningrad	Lyudmila Pakhomova Aleksandr Gorshkov	Tatiana Voitiuk Viacheslav Zhigalin	Elena Zharkova Gennadi Karponosov	[35]
1970	Kyiv				[36]
1971	Riga				[37]
1972	Minsk	Tatiana Voitiuk Viacheslav Zhigalin	Elena Zharkova Gennadi Karponosov	Irina Moiseeva Andrei Minenkov	[38]
1973	Rostov-on-Don	Lyudmila Pakhomova Aleksandr Gorshkov	Tatiana Voitiuk Viacheslav Zhigalin		[39]
1974	Sverdlovsk		Irina Moiseeva Andrei Minenkov	Svetlana Alexeeva Alexander Boychuk	[2]
1975	Kyiv		Natalia Linichuk Gennadi Karponosov	Irina Moiseeva Andrei Minenkov	[40]
1976	Volgograd	Natalia Linichuk Gennadi Karponosov	Irina Moiseeva Andrei Minenkov	Marina Zoueva Andrei Vitman	[41]
1977	Vilnius	Irina Moiseeva Andrei Minenkov	Natalia Linichuk Gennadi Karponosov		[42]
1978	Sverdlovsk	Natalia Karamysheva Rostislav Sinicyn	Elena Garanina Igor Zavozin	Natalia Bestemianova Andrei Bukin	[3]
1979	Zaporizhzhia	Natalia Linichuk Gennadi Karponosov	Irina Moiseeva Andrei Minenkov	Natalia Karamysheva Rostislav Sinicyn	[43]
1980	Kharkiv	Natalia Karamysheva Rostislav Sinicyn	Natalia Bestemianova Andrei Bukin	Olga Voložinskaja Alexander Svinin	[44]
1981	Odesa	Natalia Linichuk Gennadi Karponosov	Irina Moiseeva Andrei Minenkov	Natalia Bestemianova Andrei Bukin	[45]
1982	Riga	Natalia Bestemianova Andrei Bukin		Olga Voložinskaja Alexander Svinin	[46]
1983	Chelyabinsk		Olga Voložinskaja Alexander Svinin	Natalia Karamysheva Rostislav Sinicyn	[47]
1984	Leningrad	Elena Batanova Alexei Soloviev	Maya Usova Alexander Zhulin	Natalia Annenko Genrikh Sretenski	[48]
1985	Dnipropetrovsk	Marina Klimova Sergei Ponomarenko	Natalia Bestemianova Andrei Bukin		[49]
1986	Leningrad		Natalia Annenko Genrikh Sretenski	Maya Usova Alexander Zhulin	[50]
1987	Vilnius	Natalia Bestemianova Andrei Bukin			[51]
1988	Yerevan				[52]
1989	Kyiv	Marina Klimova Sergei Ponomarenko	Maya Usova Alexander Zhulin	Natalia Annenko Genrikh Sretenski	[53]
1990	Leningrad		Maya Usova Alexander Zhulin	Oksana Grishuk Evgeni Platov	[54]
1991	Minsk	Maya Usova Alexander Zhulin	Oksana Grishuk Evgeni Platov	Ilona Melnichenko Gennady Kaskov	[55]
1992	Kyiv	Oksana Grishuk Evgeni Platov	Anjelika Krylova Vladimir Fedorov	Irina Romanova Igor Yaroshenko	[1]

Records

From left to right: Alexandre Fadeev won six Soviet Championship titles in men's singles; while Lyudmila Pakhomova and Aleksandr Gorshkov won six Soviet Championship titles in ice dance.

Records

Discipline	Most championship titles
	Skater(s)	No.	Years	Ref.
Men's singles	Sergei Chetverukhin	6	1967–71; 1973	[59][33]
	Alexandre Fadeev	6	1983; 1986–90
Women's singles	Julia Katkhanova	6	1947–52
Pairs	Tatyana Tolmachova Alexander Tolmachev	9	1937–38; 1941; 1945–51	[60][8]
Ice dance	Lyudmila Pakhomova Aleksandr Gorshkov	6	1969–71; 1973–75	[61]
	Lyudmila Pakhomova [a]	9	1964–66; 1969–71; 1973–75

1. Lyudmila Pakhomova won three championship titles while partnered with Viktor Ryzhkin (1964–66) and six with Aleksandr Gorshkov (1969–71, 1973–75).