Prize of Moscow News

The Prize of Moscow News (Russian: Приз газеты «Московские новости»), also known as the Moscow Skate, Nouvelles de Moscou, and the Moscow News Trophy, was an international, senior-level figure skating competition held in the Soviet Union from 1966 to 1990 (excluding 1989, in 1990 was an international competition for the Prizes of the Gosteleradio USSR in Odessa, which became the legal successor of Prize of Moscow News competition^[1]). It was held annually in Moscow in December and effectively was the predecessor to the Cup of Russia ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating event.^[2] The winners received a "Crystal Skate" statuette.^[3]

Medalists edit

Men edit

Men's medalists
Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Refs
1966	Ondrej Nepela	Günter Zöller	Vladimir Kurenbin
1967	Marian Filc	Sergei Volkov	Alexander Vedenin
1968	Sergei Chetverukhin	Sergei Volkov	Vladimir Kurenbin
1969	Sergei Volkov	Vladimir Kovalev	Yuri Ovchinnikov
1970	Sergei Chetverukhin	Sergei Volkov	Vladimir Kovalev
1971	Sergei Chetverukhin	Vladimir Kovalev	Sergei Volkov
1972	Sergei Chetverukhin	Sergei Volgushev	Bernd Wunderlich
1973	Vladimir Kovalev	Ron Shaver	Igor Bobrin
1974	Vladimir Kovalev	Sergei Volkov	Minoru Sano
1975	Vladimir Kovalev	Sergei Volkov	Konstantin Kokora
1976	Vladimir Kovalev	Yuri Ovchinnikov	Sergei Volkov
1977	Yuri Ovchinnikov	Sergei Volkov	Igor Bobrin
1978	Konstantin Kokora	Igor Bobrin	Mario Liebers
1979	Igor Bobrin	Vladimir Kotin	Vladimir Raschetnov
1980	Igor Bobrin	Konstantin Kokora	Vladimir Kotin
1981	Vladimir Kotin	Igor Bobrin	Vitali Egorov
1982	Alexander Fadeev	Vladimir Kotin	Jozef Sabovčík
1983	Vladimir Kotin	Gary Beacom	Alexander Fadeev
1984	Alexander Fadeev	Vladimir Kotin	Viktor Petrenko
1985	Alexander Fadeev	Vladimir Kotin	Vitali Egorov
1986	Vladimir Kotin	Vitali Egorov	Vladimir Petrenko
1987	Alexander Fadeev	Daniel Doran	Vladimir Petrenko
1988	Vladimir Petrenko	Yuriy Tsymbalyuk	Alexander Fadeev
1989	not held
1990	Alexei Urmanov	Mikhail Shmerkin	Oleg Tataurov

Ladies edit

Ladies' medalists
Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Refs
1966	Martina Clausner	Zsuzsa Szentmiklossy	Sybille Stolfig
1967	Zsuzsa Almássy	Elena Shcheglova	Galina Grzhibovskaya
1968	Elena Shcheglova	Galina Grzhibovskaya	Sonja Morgenstern
1969	Elena Shcheglova	Elena Alexandrova	Simone Gräfe
1970	Marina Titova	Simone Gräfe	Gundi Niesen
1971	Marina Titova	Elena Kotova	Steffi Knoll
1972	Cathy-Lee Irwin	Isabel de Navarre	Tatiana Oleneva
1973	Gerti Schanderl	Liudmila Bakonina	Marion Weber
1974	Lynn Nightingale	Liudmila Bakonina	Petra Wagner
1975	Elena Vodorezova	Wendy Burge	Karin Enke
1976	Elena Vodorezova	Liudmila Bakonina	Zhanna Ilina
1977	Natalia Strelkova	Zhanna Ilina	Marina Ignatova
1978	Carola Weißenberg	Kira Ivanova	Marina Ignatova
1979	Kira Ivanova	Natalia Strelkova	Renata Baierová
1980	Svetlana Frantsuzova	Janina Wirth	Anna Kondrashova
1981	Kay Thomson	Kira Ivanova	Kerstin Wolf	^[4]
1982	Kira Ivanova	Anna Kondrashova	Anna Antonova
1983	Kira Ivanova	Anna Kondrashova	Natalia Lebedeva
1984	Kira Ivanova	Natalia Lebedeva	Anna Kondrashova
1985	Caryn Kadavy	Anna Kondrashova	Natalia Lebedeva
1986	Kira Ivanova	Jill Trenary	Anna Kondrashova
1987	Cindy Bortz	Natalia Gorbenko	Natalia Skrabnevskaya
1988	Tonya Harding	Natalia Lebedeva	Natalia Gorbenko
1989	not held
1990	Olga Markova^[5]

Pairs edit

Pairs medalists
Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Refs
1966	Tamara Moskvina / Alexei Mishin	Tatiana Sharanova / Anatoli Evdokimov	Liudmila Smirnova / Andrei Suraikin
1967	Irina Rodnina / Alexei Ulanov	Lyudmila Suslina / Alexander Tikhomirov	Galina Karelina / Georgi Proskurin
1968	Tamara Moskvina / Alexei Mishin	Irina Rodnina / Alexei Ulanov	Galina Karelina / Georgi Proskurin
1969	Irina Rodnina / Alexei Ulanov	Liudmila Smirnova / Andrei Suraikin	Tatiana Sharanova / Anatoli Evdokimov
1970	Liudmila Smirnova / Andrei Suraikin	Galina Karelina / Georgi Proskurin	Ludmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov
1971	Ludmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov	Liudmila Smirnova / Andrei Suraikin	Galina Karelina / Georgi Proskurin
1972	Irina Vorobieva / Alexander Vlasov	Ludmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov	Marina Leonidova / Vladimir Bogolyubov
1973	Liudmila Smirnova / Alexei Ulanov	Natalia Dongauzer / Vasili Blagov	Marina Leonidova / Vladimir Bogolyubov
1974	Nadezhda Gorshkova / Evgeni Shevalovski	Kerstin Stolfig / Veit Kempe	Katia Schubert / Knut Schubert
1975	Nadezhda Gorshkova / Evgeni Shevalovski	Irina Vorobieva / Alexander Vlasov	Marina Leonidova / Vladimir Bogolyubov
1976	Marina Cherkasova / Sergei Shakhrai	Nadezhda Gorshkova / Evgeni Shevalovski	Manuela Mager / Uwe Bewersdorf
1977	Marina Cherkasova / Sergei Shakhrai	Nadezhda Gorshkova / Evgeni Shevalovski	Marina Pestova / Stanislav Leonovich
1978	Marina Pestova / Stanislav Leonovich	Nelli Chervotkina / Viktor Teslia	Irina Vorobieva / Igor Lisovski
1979	Irina Vorobieva / Igor Lisovski	Veronika Pershina / Marat Akbarov	Zhanna Ilina / Alexander Vlasov
1980	Irina Vorobieva / Igor Lisovski	Nelli Chervotkina / Viktor Teslia	Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev
1981	Larisa Selezneva / Oleg Makarov	Veronika Pershina / Marat Akbarov	Lorri Baier / Lloyd Eisler
1982	Veronika Pershina / Marat Akbarov	Larisa Selezneva / Oleg Makarov	Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev
1983	Larisa Selezneva / Oleg Makarov	Veronika Pershina / Marat Akbarov	Elena Bechke / Valeri Kornienko
1984	Larisa Selezneva / Oleg Makarov	Veronika Pershina / Marat Akbarov	Elena Bechke / Valeri Kornienko
1985	Larisa Selezneva / Oleg Makarov	Veronika Pershina / Marat Akbarov	Elena Bechke / Valeri Kornienko
1986	Elena Kvitchenko / Rashid Kadyrkaev	Elena Bechke / Valeri Kornienko	Lyudmila Koblova / Andrei Kalitin
1987	Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov	Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev	Larisa Selezneva / Oleg Makarov
1988	Natalia Mishkutenok / Artur Dmitriev	Elena Bechke / Denis Petrov	Marina Eltsova / Sergei Zaitsev
1989	not held
1990	Evgenia Shishkova / Vadim Naumov^[6]

Ice dancing edit

Ice dancing medalists
Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Refs
1966	Irina Grishkova / Viktor Ryzhkin	Annerose Baier / Eberhard Rüger	Dana Novotná / Jaroslav Hainz
1967	Irina Grishkova / Viktor Ryzhkin	Liudmila Pakhomova / Alexander Gorshkov	Dana Novotná / Jaromír Holan
1968	Annerose Baier / Eberhard Rüger	Tatiana Voitiuk / Viacheslav Zhigalin	Elena Zharkova / Gennadi Karponosov
1969	Liudmila Pakhomova / Alexander Gorshkov	Elena Zharkova / Gennadi Karponosov	Tatiana Voitiuk / Viacheslav Zhigalin
1970	Liudmila Pakhomova / Alexander Gorshkov	Tatiana Voitiuk / Viacheslav Zhigalin	Elena Zharkova / Gennadi Karponosov
1971	Liudmila Pakhomova / Alexander Gorshkov	Tatiana Voitiuk / Viacheslav Zhigalin	Elena Zharkova / Gennadi Karponosov
1972	Liudmila Pakhomova / Alexander Gorshkov	Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov	Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov
1973	Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov	Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov	Svetlana Alexeeva / Alexander Boichuk
1974	Liudmila Pakhomova / Alexander Gorshkov	Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov	Teresa Weyna / Piotr Bojanczyk
1975	Liudmila Pakhomova / Alexander Gorshkov	Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov	Lilia Karavaeva / Viacheslav Zhigalin
1976	Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov	Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov	Marina Zueva / Andrei Vitman
1977	Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov	Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov	Marina Zueva / Andrei Vitman
1978	Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov	Elena Garanina / Igor Zavozin	Marina Zueva / Andrei Vitman
1979	Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov	Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin	Natalia Karamysheva / Rostislav Sinitsyn
1980	Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov	Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov	Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin
1981	Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin	Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov	Olga Volozhinskaya / Alexander Svinin
1982	Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin	Olga Volozhinskaya / Alexander Svinin	Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko
1983	Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin	Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko	Olga Volozhinskaya / Alexander Svinin
1984	Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko	Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin	Olga Volozhinskaya / Alexander Svinin
1985	Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin	Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko	Natalia Annenko / Genrikh Sretenski
1986	Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko	Natalia Annenko / Genrikh Sretenski	Maya Usova / Alexander Zhulin
1987	Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko	Maya Usova / Alexander Zhulin	Natalia Annenko / Genrikh Sretenski
1988	Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko	Larisa Fedorinova / Evgeni Platov	Ilona Melnichenko / Gennadi Kaskov^[7]
1989	not held
1990	Ilona Melnichenko / Gennadi Kaskov

References edit

^ Soviet sport, Moscow, #286, 8 december 1990
^ "Фигурное катание - Мой талисман — черепаха". Archived from the original on 2011-08-25. Retrieved 2010-06-16.
^ "Вестник Нижнего-Новгорода". Archived from the original on 2011-08-23. Retrieved 2010-06-16.
^ "Canadian Kay Thomson, 17, won the Moscow International figure..." United Press International. 11 December 1981. Archived from the original on 3 January 2017.
^ Soviet sport, Moscow, #286, 8 december 1990
^ Soviet sport, Moscow, #286, 8 december 1990
^ Soviet sport, Moscow, #286, 8 december 1990

[1] Soviet sport, Moscow, #286, 8 december 1990

[2] "Фигурное катание - Мой талисман — черепаха". Archived from the original on 2011-08-25. Retrieved 2010-06-16.

[3] "Вестник Нижнего-Новгорода". Archived from the original on 2011-08-23. Retrieved 2010-06-16.

[UPI811211-4] "Canadian Kay Thomson, 17, won the Moscow International figure..." United Press International. 11 December 1981. Archived from the original on 3 January 2017.

[5] Soviet sport, Moscow, #286, 8 december 1990

[6] Soviet sport, Moscow, #286, 8 december 1990

[7] Soviet sport, Moscow, #286, 8 december 1990

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