Your top 3 all time Russian single ladies and men?

[chopinskate]

skateluvr did one for the Japanese skaters, so here's one for the Russians.

Men:
1. Alexei Yagudin
2. Ilya Kulik
3. Evgeni Plushenko

Women:
1. Adelina Sotnikova
2. Julia Lipnitskaya
3. Alina Zagitova

 

[vunhung3001]

Men
1. Ilia Kulik
2. Adian Pitkeev
3. Alexey Yagudin

Ladies
1. Alina Zagitova
2. Irina Slutskaya
3. Alena Kostornaia

Honorable mention: Alexandra Trusova and Maria Butyrskaya.

 

[Spirals for Miles]

Ahhhahahahaha I love too many

1. Medvedeva / Zagitova
2. Shcherbakova / Trusova / Kostornaya
3. Samodelkina / Akatieva / Valieva / Usacheva / Kromykh

I tried?

 

[TripleAxelQueens3]

Men:

Alexei Yagudin
Evgenia Plushenko
Ilia Kulik

Ladies:

Alina Zagitova
Alena Kostornaia
Yulia Lipnitskaya
(Alexandra Trusova)

(this was based off of pure favoritism. If placed objectively I think Slutskaya would definitely be here).

 

[sk8r4ever]

Ladies:
Evgenia Medvedeva
Yulia Lipintskaya
Alexandra Trusova
(Alena Kostornaia)

 

[Manitou]

Men:
Yagudin
.. (don't care about others)

Ladies (random order):
Slutskaya,
Lipnitskaya,
Zagitova-Medvedeva (as one person - Zagidvedeva)

 

[CanadianSkaterGuy]

Men:
Yagudin
Kulik
Kolyada
Hon. Mention: Plushenko, Abt, Klimkin

Ladies:
Slutskaya
Lipnitskaia
Butyrskaya
Hon. Mention: Trusova, Zagitova (though I would also love to combine her with Medvedeva, Manitou! #Zagidvedeva), Leonova

 

[Jeanie19]

Men
Yagudin
Plushenko
Voronov

Ladies
Medvedeva
Butryskya
Sotskova

 

[Mrs. P]

Men
Kulik
Voronov
Aliev
Fave up-and-comer: Gummenik and Iakovlev (love them both!)

Ladies
Slutskaya
Sotnitkova/Tuktmysheva (2011 cuties!)
Medvedeva/Pogorilaya (2016 yay)

Fave up-and-comer: Kostornaia

 

[DanseMacabre]

My picks are purely based on how much I enjoyed their skating, not on results.

MEN

Alexei Yagudin (A legend)
Alexander Abt (HOT)
Dmitri Aliev (all I want in life is for him to skate clean programs back to back)
Honorable mention: Evgeni Plushenko (His skating left me cold, but his skill is undeniable)

LADIES

Alena Kostornaia (I know she's not even a senior yet but she's so good in a way that can't be taught)
Evgenia Medvedeva (Already a legend)
Alexandra Trusova/Anna Shcherbakova (QUADS)
Honorable mention: Elena Sokolova (sentimental favorite)

 

[lesnar001]

LADIES
Alina Zagitova
Evgenia Medvedeva
Irina Slutskaya-Maria Butyrskaya (stealing idea from Manitou they become Slutsy-Butyrs-kaya)

Honorable Mention - Julia Lipnitskaya

MEN
Evgeny Plushenko
Alexi Yagudin
Ilia Kulik

Honorable Mention - Mikhael Kolyada

UP AND COMERS....
Alexandra Trusova

NOTE - I had to keep scrolling up at other people's posts so I could see how some of the names were spelled!

 

[gsk8]

My picks are purely based on how much I enjoyed their skating, not on results.

Alexei Yagudin (A legend)
Alexander Abt (HOT)

This.

 

[Amei]

Men:
Yagudin
Voronov
Kolyada



Ladies:
Lipnitskaia
Slutskaya
Tarankanova - she has a raw, compelling way about her when she skates, she's absolutely captivating I hope she's able to stay healthy and make it far in Seniors.

 

[DanseMacabre]

This.

Bahahaha I have my priorities in order.

 

[Skater Boy]

So difficult...

Ladies

Yulia L.
Maria B.
Evgenia M; Alina Z., Elena S., Julia S., KiraIvanova(so sad) Anna Kondrosheva,

Up and comers

Alexandra T. et al lol

MEN

1. Alexei Yagudin
2. Evgeni Plushenko
3. Ilia Kulik and Alexei Urmanov

 

[Sam-Skwantch]

Ladies

Yulia Lipnitskaya
Anastasiia Gubanova
Alexandra Trusova

Always in my Heart:Serafima Sakhanovich
On Deck: Anastasia Tarakanova

Men:
Sergei Voronov
Evgenia Plushenko
Maxim Kovtun (I cant explain it)

Just missed: Alexie Yagudin

That was tough!!

 

[rain]

Men:
Yagudin
Kulik (was never really a fan of his when he was competing, but when I saw him as a pro, I thought it was tragic that he retired so soon — beautiful skater)
Abt

Ladies:
Sotnitkova (once again, too bad about the very early retirement. While I thought Carolina should have won the Olympics that year, Adelina was far and away my favourite of the Russian ladies, she had a real spark and it's too bad she didn't stick around)
Medvedeva

 

[mau]

Men
Ilia Kulik
Alexei Yagudin
Mikhail Kolyada

Ladies
Alina Zagitova
Yulia Lipnitskaya
Alena Kostornaya

 

[anonymoose_au]

Men:
Plushy (of course - the King!)
Sergei Voronov (What a legend!)
Mikhail Kolyoda (If he could land that quad lutz consistently it'd be amaaazing)

Honourable mention: Old Man Menshov (he coaches now!)

Ladies:
Elizaveta Tukt (The Empress!)
Irina Slutskaya (Still loving that unitard costume at Torino!)
Evgenia Medvedeva/Anastaia Tarakanova/Sima S. (Couldn't decided between them!)

 

[Marin]

1. Yagudin
2. Klimkin
3. Kulik


1. Slutskaya
2. Kostornaya
3.Tsurskaya