page_title: Women in Russia
section_title: Women's sports
hierarchical_section_title: Women in Russia / Women's sports
caption_attribution_description: English: Team figure skating competition at the Iceberg Skating Palace. On the ice is figure skater Yulia Lipnitskaya, who took first place in the free programme.Русский: Командные соревнования по фигурному катанию во Дворце зимнего спорта «Айсберг». На льду - фигуристка Юлия Липницкая, занявшая первое место в произвольной программе.
context_page_description: Women in Russian society have a rich and varied history during numerous regimes throughout the centuries. It is important to note that since Russia is a multicultural society, the experiences of women in Russia vary significantly across ethnic, racial, religious, and social lines. The life of an ethnic Russian woman can be dramatically different from the life of a Bashkir, Chechen, or Yakuts woman; just as the life of a woman from a lower-class rural family can be different from the life of a woman from an upper-middle-class urban family. Nevertheless, a common historical and political context provides a room for speaking about women in Russia in general.
context_section_description: Russia has a long history of successful female skaters and gymnasts. Figure skating is a popular sport; in the 1960s the Soviet Union rose to become a dominant power in figure skating, especially in pairs skating and ice dancing; and this continued even after the fall the USSR. Artistic Gymnastics are among Russia's most popular sports; Svetlana Khorkina is one of the most successful female gymnasts of all time. Russian women are also internationally successful in many other sports, such as athletics, basketball, tennis and volleyball.
caption: Julia Lipnitskaia
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