The 2021 Russian Figure Skating Championships () were held from 23 to 27 December 2020 in Chelyabinsk. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance. The results were among the criteria used to select the Russian team for the 2021 World Championships.
Qualifying During the 2020–21 season, Russian skaters competed in domestic qualifying events for national championships at various age levels. The Russian Cup series will lead to three events – the Russian Championships, the Russian Junior Championships, and the Russian Cup Final.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there were limited international competitive opportunities and all skaters were required to qualify through the Russian Cup series. The Figure Skating Federation of Russia initially did not award exemptions for injury, illness, or skaters who trained abroad. On 16 November, FFKKR president Alexander Gorshkov announced a review of the qualification process after several national team members were unable to meet the two event qualification requirement.
Date Event Type Location Results 18–22 September 2020 Russian Cup – Stage IQualifier Syzran, Samara Oblast Details 10–13 October 2020 Russian Cup – Stage II Moscow Details 23–27 October 2020 Russian Cup – Stage III Sochi, Krasnodar Krai Details 8–12 November 2020 Russian Cup – Stage IV Kazan, Tatarstan Details 5–8 December 2020 Russian Cup – Stage V Moscow Details 23–27 December 2020 Russian ChampionshipsFinal Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast Details 1–5 February 2021 Russian Junior Championships Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai Details 26 February – 2 March 2021 Russian Cup Final Moscow Details 10–14 March 2021 Russian Youth Championships – Younger Age Saransk, Mordovia Details 1–5 April 2021 Russian Youth Championships – Elder Age Sochi, Krasnodar Krai Details
Controversy In December 2020, the Russian Federation drew criticism for its decision to host several competitions with an audience present, despite the worsening COVID-19 pandemic in Russia and the increasing number of its national team members who tested positive for COVID-19. Several skaters, including reigning European and national champions Dmitri Aliev and Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov, as well as reigning European champion Alena Kostornaia, withdrew from the Russian Cup series and/or Championships due to contracting the virus.
Medals summary Senior Championships Discipline Gold Silver Bronze Men Mikhail Kolyada Makar Ignatov Mark Kondratiuk Ladies Anna Shcherbakova Kamila Valieva Alexandra Trusova Pairs Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin Ice dance Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro Anastasia Skoptsova / Kirill Aleshin Junior Championships Discipline Gold Silver Bronze Men Evgeni Semenenko Aleksandr Golubev Egor Rukhin Ladies Sofia Akateva Adeliia Petrosian Sofia Muravieva Pairs Iuliia Artemeva / Mikhail Nazarychev Kseniia Akhanteva / Valerii Kolesov Anastasia Mukhortova / Dmitry Evgenyev Ice dance Arina Ushakova / Maxim Nekrasov Elizaveta Shanaeva / Devid Naryzhnyy Irina Khavronina / Dario Cirisano Russian Cup Final Discipline Gold Silver Bronze Men Evgeni Semenenko Petr Gumennik Dmitri Aliev Ladies Kamila Valieva Maya Khromykh Daria Usacheva Pairs Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin Yasmina Kadyrova / Ivan Balchenko Ice dance Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov Annabelle Morozov / Andrei Bagin Ekaterina Mironova / Evgenii Ustenko Junior men Vladislav Dikidzhi Andrei Kutovoi Nikolai Ugozhaev Junior ladies Sofia Akateva Sofia Samodelkina Adeliia Petrosian Junior pairs Ekaterina Petushkova / Evgenii Malikov Anastasia Mukhortova / Dmitry Evgenyev Polina Kostiukovich / Aleksei Briukhanov Junior ice dance Diana Davis / Gleb Smolkin Vasilisa Kaganovskaia / Valeriy Angelopol Angelina Lazareva / Maksim Prokofiev Youth Championships – Elder Age Discipline Gold Silver Bronze Men Andrei Anisimov Semyon Soloviev Nikolay Kolesnikov Ladies Elizaveta Osokina Alina Gorbacheva Daria Sadkova Pairs Alina Raskovalova / Artyom Butaev Ekaterina Storublevtseva / Artem Gritsaenko Ekaterina Chikmareva / Matvei Ianchenkov Ice dance Sofia Leonteva / Daniil Gorelkin Olga Mamchenkova / Mark Volkov Anna Rumak / Gleb Goncharov Youth Championships – Younger Age Discipline Gold Silver Bronze Men Nikolay Kolesnikov Lev Lazarev Arseny Fedotov Ladies Alisa Dvoeglazova Sofya Titova Elizaveta Kulikova Pairs No pairs' discipline Ice dancing No ice dancing discipline
Senior Championships The 2021 Russian Championships were held in Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast from 23 to 27 December 2020.
There were two separate bases for qualification: Qualification based on inclusion in official pre-season national team roster. Qualification based on Russian Cup series' results.
Schedule Listed in local time (UTC+05:00).
Day Date Start Finish Discipline Event Day 1 24 December 14:00 16:30 Men Short program 16:50 18:55 Ice dance Rhythm dance 19:15 19:45 Opening ceremony 20:00 21:45 Pairs Short program Day 2 25 December 13:30 15:55 Ice dance Free dance 16:15 19:00 Men Free skating 19:20 21:45 Ladies Short program Day 3 26 December 16:30 18:40 Pairs Free skating 19:00 21:45 Ladies Free skating Day 4 27 December 13:00 13:45 Victory ceremonies 14:00 16:30 Exhibition gala
Preliminary entries The Figure Skating Federation of Russia published the official list of participants on 9 December 2020.
Men Ladies Pairs Ice dance Dmitri Aliev (withdrew) Alena Kostornaia (withdrew) Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov (withdrew) Artur Danielian (withdrew) Anna Shcherbakova Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin Alexander Samarin Alexandra Trusova Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro Makar Ignatov Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov Annabelle Morozov / Andrei Bagin Andrei Mozalev Evgenia Medvedeva (withdrew) Alina Pepeleva / Roman Pleshkov Anastasia Skoptsova / Kirill Aleshin Petr Gumennik Alina Zagitova (withdrew) Apollinariia Panfilova / Dmitry Rylov Sofia Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko Anton Shulepov Kseniia Sinitsyna (withdrew) Yasmina Kadyrova / Ivan Balchenko Ksenia Konkina / Pavel Drozd (withdrew) Roman Savosin (withdrew) Anastasiia Guliakova Iuliia Artemeva / Mikhail Nazarychev Anastasia Shpilevaya / Grigory Smirnov (withdrew) Mikhail Kolyada Sofia Samodurova Kseniia Akhanteva / Valerii Kolesov (withdrew) Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva / Egor Bazin Artem Kovalev Kamila Valieva Anastasia Balabanova / Alexei Sviatchenko Svetlana Lizunova / Alexander Vakhnov Evgeni Semenenko Daria Usacheva Diana Mukhametzianova / Ilya Mironov Julia Tultseva / Anatoliy Belovodchenko Egor Rukhin Anna Frolova Karina Akopova / Nikita Rakhmanin Ekaterina Mironova / Evgenii Ustenko Ilya Yablokov Maya Khromykh Sofia Kartashova / Ilya Karpov Alexey Erokhov (withdrew) Ksenia Tsibinova Vlada Pavlenina / Aleksandr Aleksanyan Artem Lezheev Anastasia Tarakanova Elizaveta Kirillova / Mark Chegodaev Maxim Varakin Elizaveta Nugumanova Vladislav Katichev Maria Talalaikina Artem Zotov Valeria Shulskaya (withdrew) Substitutes Mark Kondratiuk (added) Stanislava Molchanova (added) Maria Alkhova / Sergey Bezborodko Vlada Chashnikova / Zakhar Cherezov (added) Egor Murashov (added) Valeria Kostina (added) Viktoria Vasilieva / Nikita Volodin Elizaveta Pasechnik / Egor Kolosovskii (added) Maxim Petrov (added) Stanislava Konstantinova (added) Alexandra Trukhina / Ivan Kapustin Daniil Murzin Arina Onishchenko (added) Kamila Sultanmagomedova
Changes to preliminary entries Date Discipline Withdrew Added Reason/Other notes Refs 16 September6 December Ice dance Anastasia Shpilevaya / Grigory Smirnov Vlada Chashnikova / Zakhar Cherezov Split 19 October6 December Ladies Alina Zagitova Stanislava Molchanova Temporary break from competitions 9 December Men Artur Danielian Mark Kondratiuk Recovery from ankle surgery Ladies Evgenia Medvedeva Valeria Kostina Recovery from back injury and severe lung damage Kseniia Sinitsyna Stanislava Konstantinova Recovery from leg injury and sickness Ice dance Ksenia Konkina / Pavel Drozd Elizaveta Pasechnik / Egor Kolosovskii 17 December Men Roman Savosin Egor Murashov COVID-19 Alexey Erokhov Maxim Petrov Recovery from legs' injuries and rotavirus Pairs Kseniia Akhanteva / Valerii Kolesov None Injury (Kolesov) Ice dance Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov Recovery from COVID-19 20 December Men Dmitri Aliev 22 December Ladies Alena Kostornaia Arina Onishchenko Valeria Shulskaya None COVID-19
Results Men Rank Name Total points SP FS 1 Mikhail Kolyada 296.15 1 102.48 1 193.67 2 Makar Ignatov 265.37 2 98.30 3 167.07 3 Mark Kondratiuk 260.31 3 90.88 2 169.43 4 Andrei Mozalev 252.92 4 89.47 5 163.45 5 Alexander Samarin 251.38 5 87.96 6 163.42 6 Anton Shulepov 249.89 9 83.19 4 166.70 7 Petr Gumennik 247.47 8 84.93 7 162.54 8 Artem Kovalev 247.17 6 87.45 9 159.72 9 Egor Rukhin 240.17 12 78.99 8 161.18 10 Artem Lezheev 232.98 10 82.36 11 150.62 11 Evgeni Semenenko 228.47 11 79.86 12 148.61 12 Artem Zotov 227.66 14 74.39 10 153.27 13 Egor Murashov 226.14 7 86.13 13 140.01 14 Ilya Yablokov 214.15 13 77.38 14 136.77 15 Maxim Varakin 180.01 16 57.71 15 122.30 16 Vladislav Katichev 177.06 15 66.86 16 110.20 17 Maxim Petrov 158.76 17 52.86 17 105.90
Ladies Rank Name Total points SP FS 1 Anna Shcherbakova 264.10 1 80.31 1 183.79 2 Kamila Valieva 254.01 2 79.99 2 174.02 3 Alexandra Trusova 246.37 4 75.76 3 170.61 4 Daria Usacheva 230.56 3 76.72 4 153.84 5 Maya Khromykh 211.91 7 72.93 5 138.98 6 Elizaveta Nugumanova 204.63 6 73.26 9 131.37 7 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 204.25 5 73.56 10 130.69 8 Ksenia Tsibinova 203.56 9 68.84 6 134.72 9 Maria Talalaikina 197.32 11 63.89 7 133.43 10 Sofia Samodurova 196.28 10 67.70 11 128.58 11 Anna Frolova 187.13 16 53.70 8 133.43 12 Anastasiia Guliakova 185.75 8 70.24 14 115.51 13 Stanislava Molchanova 184.64 12 61.98 12 122.66 14 Anastasia Tarakanova 175.58 15 55.98 13 119.60 15 Arina Onishchenko 169.17 14 56.34 15 112.83 16 Stanislava Konstantinova 168.33 13 61.55 17 106.78 17 Valeria Kostina 161.43 17 50.67 16 110.76
Pairs Rank Name Total points SP FS 1 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov 228.23 1 80.65 1 147.58 2 Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii 224.99 2 77.48 2 147.51 3 Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin221.39 3 77.01 3 144.38 4 Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov 211.95 5 73.25 4 138.70 5 Apollinariia Panfilova / Dmitry Rylov 207.03 4 74.51 5 132.52 6 Yasmina Kadyrova / Ivan Balchenko 196.04 6 68.69 7 127.35 7 Karina Akopova / Nikita Rakhmanin 194.77 8 65.44 6 129.33 8 Iuliia Artemeva / Mikhail Nazarychev 189.76 9 63.69 8 126.07 9 Alina Pepeleva / Roman Pleshkov 189.64 7 65.45 10 124.19 10 Anastasia Balabanova / Alexei Sviatchenko 188.91 10 63.56 9 125.35 11 Diana Mukhametzianova / Ilya Mironov 173.20 11 60.96 11 112.24
Ice dance Rank Name Total points RD FD 1 Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin 220.16 1 87.28 1 132.88 2 Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro 210.94 2 84.02 2 126.92 3 Anastasia Skoptsova / Kirill Aleshin 196.97 3 80.19 4 116.78 4 Sofia Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko 194.29 5 77.83 5 116.46 5 Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva / Egor Bazin 192.68 4 78.01 6 114.67 6 Annabelle Morozov / Andrei Bagin 182.86 7 62.17 3 120.69 7 Svetlana Lizunova / Alexander Vakhnov 165.48 6 64.50 7 100.98 8 Ekaterina Mironova / Evgenii Ustenko 160.71 8 62.08 8 98.63 9 Sofia Kartashova / Ilya Karpov 153.01 9 60.31 10 92.70 10 Vlada Pavlenina / Aleksandr Aleksanyan 152.44 10 59.19 9 93.25 11 Julia Tultseva / Anatoliy Belovodchenko 143.03 11 58.34 11 84.69 12 Elizaveta Kirillova / Mark Chegodaev 124.50 13 46.53 12 77.97 13 Elizaveta Pasechnik / Egor Kolosovskii 123.64 12 48.82 14 74.82 14 Vlada Chashnikova / Zakhar Cherezov 115.96 14 41.09 13 74.87
Junior Championships