title: 1996 Russian Figure Skating Championships
text: # 1996 Russian Figure Skating Championships
  
  The 1996 Russian Figure Skating Championships (Russian: Чемпионат России по фигурному катанию на коньках 1996) took place in Samara from December 26 to 30, 1995. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The results were one of the criteria used to pick the Russian teams to the 1996 World Championships and the 1996 European Championships.
  
  ## Senior results
  
  ### Men
  
  | Rank | Name |
  | - | - |
  | 1 | Alexei Urmanov |
  | 2 | Ilia Kulik |
  | 3 | Igor Pashkevich |
  | 4 | Alexei Yagudin |
  | 5 | Oleg Tataurov |
  | 6 | Evgeni Plushenko |
  | 7 | Ruslan Novoseltsev |
  | 8 | Sergei Telenkov |
  | 9 | Roman Ekimov |
  | 10 | Igor Siniutin |
  | 11 | Roman Skorniakov |
  | 12 | Sergei Rylov |
  | 13 | Denis Borovik |
  | 14 | Sergei Davydov |
  | 15 | Alexei Fodoseev |
  | 16 | Pavel Kersha |
  | 17 | Roman Serov |
  | 18 | Alexander Abt |
  
  ### Ladies
  
  | Rank | Name |
  | - | - |
  | 1 | Maria Butyrskaya |
  | 2 | Irina Slutskaya |
  | 3 | Olga Markova |
  | 4 | Elena Ivanova |
  | 5 | Elena Pingacheva |
  | 6 | Elena Sokolova |
  | 7 | Julia Soldatova |
  | 8 | Nadezhda Kanaeva |
  | 9 | Irina Semerenko |
  | 10 | Natalia Ryzhova |
  | 11 | |
  | 12 | Tatiana Totmianina |
  
  ### Pairs
  
  | Rank | Name | TFP | SP | FS |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Evgenia Shishkova / Vadim Naumov | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
  | 2 | Marina Eltsova / Andrei Bushkov | 3.5 | 3 | 2 |
  | 3 | Oksana Kazakova / Artur Dmitriev | 4.0 | 2 | 3 |
  | 4 | Maria Petrova / Anton Sikharulidze | | | |
  | 5 | Natalia Krestianinova / Alexei Torchinski | | | |
  | 6 | Olga Semkina / Andrei Chuvilaev | | | |
  | 7 | Irina Maslennikova / Konstantin Krasnenkov | | | |
  | 8 | Viktoria Maksiuta / Vladislav Zhovnirski | | | |
  | 9 | Oksana Chupkina / Pavel Chalden | | | |
  | 10 | Alena Maltseva / Oleg Popov | | | |
  
  ### Ice dancing
  
  | Rank | Name |
  | - | - |
  | 1 | Pasha Grishuk / Evgeni Platov |
  | 2 | Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov |
  | 3 | Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh |
  | 4 | Anna Semenovich / Vladimir Fedorov |
  | 5 | Olga Sharutenko / Dmitri Naumkin |
  | 6 | Ekaterina Gvozdikova / Nikolai Morozov |
  | 7 | Ms. Sterezhanova / Rinat Farkhoutdinov |
  | 8 | Tatyana Evdokimova / Sergei Toporov |
  | 9 | Tatyana Okishova / Denis Sintsov |
  