Time in Russia
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Russia currently has eleven time zones:
Daylight saving time (DST) is no longer observed in Russia but it was used from when it was part of the Soviet Union until 2011, then President Dmitry Medvedev announced on February 8, 2011, that summer time will be used all year, leaving Moscow Time on UTC+4 year round.[1]
On 22 July 2014, Another bill was re-introduced, forcing all Russian time zones to move an hour back, and Moscow Time is now on UTC+3 on October 26, 2014. However, the
- Udmurtia and Samara Oblast remained on UTC+04:00, (thus reinstating Samara Time, MSK+1)
- Kemerovo Oblast remained on UTC+07:00 (went from Omsk to Krasnoyarsk Time)
- Zabaykalsky Krai moved back two hours to UTC+08:00 (went from Yakutsk to Irkutsk Time)
- Magadan Oblast moved back two hours to UTC+10:00 (went from Magadan Time, MSK+8 to Vladivostok Time, MSK+7)
- Chukotka Autonomous Okrug and Kamchatka Krai remained on UTC+12:00 (thus reinstating Kamchatka Time, MSK+9)
- The parts of the Magadan Time zone that remained on MSK+8, were given a new time zone name, Srednekolymsk Time, UTC+11.
More time changes occurred in 2016. On March 27, several times were changed:
- Astrakhan and Ulyanovsk oblasts moved forward one hour from UTC+03:00 to UTC+04:00 (from Moscow to Samara time)
- Altai Krai and Altai Republic moved forward one hour from UTC+06:00 to UTC+07:00 (from Omsk to Krasnoyarsk time)
- Zabaykalsky Krai moved forward one hour from UTC+08:00 to UTC+09:00 (from Irkutsk to Yakutsk time)
- Sakhalin Oblast moved forward one hour from UTC+10:00 to UTC+11:00 (from Vladivostok to Srednekolymsk time), except Severo-Kurilsky District, which was already in UTC+11:00 (Srednekolymsk Time)
On April 24, another time zone was changed:
- Magadan Oblast moved forward one hour from UTC+10:00 to UTC+11:00 (from Vladivostok to Srednekolymsk time)
On July 24, another time zone was changed:
- Novosibirsk Oblast moved forward one hour from UTC+06:00 to UTC+07:00 (from Omsk to Krasnoyarsk time)
And, on December 4, another time zone was changed:
- Saratov Oblast moved forward one hour from UTC+03:00 to UTC+04:00 (from Moscow to Samara time)
Time In Russia Media
11 time zones in Russia from 2002 to 2010*
* UTC+02 Kaliningrad Time * UTC+03 Moscow Time * UTC+04 Samara Time * UTC+05 Yekaterinburg Time * UTC+06 Omsk Time/ Novosibirsk Time * * UTC+07 Krasnoyarsk Time * UTC+08 Irkutsk Time * UTC+09 Yakutsk Time * UTC+10 Vladivostok Time * UTC+11 Magadan Time * UTC+12 Kamchatka Time * 
UTC+2 (MSK-1), Kaliningrad Time* UTC+3 (MSK), Moscow Time* UTC+4 (MSK+1), Samara Time* UTC+5 (MSK+2), Yekaterinburg Time* UTC+6 (MSK+3), Omsk Time* UTC+7 (MSK+4), Krasnoyarsk Time* UTC+8 (MSK+5), Irkutsk Time* UTC+9 (MSK+6), Yakutsk Time* UTC+10 (MSK+7), Vladivostok Time* UTC+11 (MSK+8), Srednekolymsk Time* UTC+12 (MSK+9), Kamchatka Time
Time zones in Russia, difference with apparent solar time:* –2 h ± 30 min* –1 h ± 30 min* ± 30 min* +1 h ± 30 min* +2 h ± 30 min
Map of the uluses of Sakha Republic and which timezones they lie in.
13 September 2011 ("permanent DST")
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References
- ↑ "Russia Abolishes Winter Time". Time and Date. February 8, 2011. Retrieved February 9, 2011.