Russian Figure Skating Championships

Russian Figure Skating Championships
Type:	National championships
Location:	Russia
Host:	Figure Skating Federation of Russia

The Russian Figure Skating Championships (Russian: Чемпионат России по фигурному катанию) are held annually to crown the national champions of Germany. Skaters compete in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance at the senior, junior, and novice levels, although not every discipline is held every year due to a lack of participants. The event is organized by the Figure Skating Federation of Russia, the sport's national governing body. The senior championships are typically held in late December, while the national junior championships are typically held in February. The competitions' results were among the criteria used to determine the teams to the World Championships, World Junior Championships, European Championships, and Winter Olympics, although Russian athletes have been banned from these events since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[1]

The first Russian national competition was held on 5 March 1878 in Saint Petersburg.^[2] It was won by V. I. Sreznevski. Official championships were held annually beginning in 1897. Aleksandr Panshin became the first official Russian national champion and won the event three more times until 1900. From 1924 to 1992, Russian skaters competed at the Soviet Championships. The Russian Championships returned in 1993 after the collapse of the Soviet Union.