Elena Tchaikovskaia was born in
Moscow in a family of theatre actors. Her father worked in
Mossovet Theatre. Since childhood she was prepared to become an actor, and even starred with her father Anatoliy Osipov in several Soviet films, such as
Schastlivyy reys. In
1960, she retired from competitions and started working as choreographer and later as a coach. Since 1997, she has served as the Russian Olympic committee's main coach. She also coaches the national figure skating team. Among her current and former students are: •
Vladimir Kotin •
Vladimir Kovalev •
Natalia Linichuk /
Gennadi Karponossov •
Lyudmila Pakhomova /
Aleksandr Gorshkov •
Margarita Drobiazko /
Povilas Vanagas •
Maria Butyrskaya •
Viktoria Volchkova •
Sergei Davydov •
Andrei Lezin •
Kristina Gorshkova /
Vitali Butikov • Alexandra Maksimova /
Egor Maistrov • Emma Hagieva The
Russian Academy of Theatre Arts has a special faculty for former sportsmen and figure skaters who are willing to become coaches. It is headed by Elena Tchaikovskaia and was formerly headed by Tchaikovskaia's student Lyudmila Pakhomova. Tchaikovskaia also heads a skating school in Moscow called "Skate of Tchaikovskaia" (). Tchaikovskaia was twice awarded with the
Order of the Red Banner of Labour and once with the
Lithuanian
Order of Gediminas for her successful work with
Margarita Drobiazko and
Povilas Vanagas. Drobiazko and Vanagas, as well as
Julia Soldatova and
Kristina Oblasova trained in "Skate of Tchaikovskaia" school. ==Views==