There are 11 time zones in Russia, which currently observe times ranging from UTC+02:00 to UTC+12:00. Daylight saving time (DST) has not been used in Russia since 26 October 2014. From 27 March 2011 to 26 October 2014, permanent DST was used.
| KALT | Kaliningrad Time | UTC+2 | (MSK−1) | |
| MSK | Moscow Time | UTC+3 | (MSK±0) | |
| SAMT | Samara Time | UTC+4 | (MSK+1) | |
| YEKT | Yekaterinburg Time | UTC+5 | (MSK+2) | |
| OMST | Omsk Time | UTC+6 | (MSK+3) | |
| KRAT | Krasnoyarsk Time | UTC+7 | (MSK+4) | |
| IRKT | Irkutsk Time | UTC+8 | (MSK+5) | |
| YAKT | Yakutsk Time | UTC+9 | (MSK+6) | |
| VLAT | Vladivostok Time | UTC+10 | (MSK+7) | |
| MAGT | Magadan Time | UTC+11 | (MSK+8) | |
| PETT | Kamchatka Time | UTC+12 | (MSK+9) |
List of zones
Since 27 December 2020, the time zones are as follows:
| Time zone name | Time of day and abbreviation | UTC offset | MSK offset | Area covered | Population (2020) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaliningrad Time | 13:24, 4 February 2025 KALT [refresh] | UTC+02:00 | MSK–1h | Kaliningrad Oblast | 1,012,512 | |
| Moscow Time | 14:24, 4 February 2025 MSK [refresh] | UTC+03:00 | MSK+0h | Most of European Russia (excluding federal subjects in UTC+02:00, UTC+04:00 and UTC+05:00 time zones) | 90,155,502 | |
| Samara Time | 15:24, 4 February 2025 SAMT [refresh] | UTC+04:00 | MSK+1h | Astrakhan Oblast, Samara Oblast, Saratov Oblast, Udmurtia and Ulyanovsk Oblast | 9,337,988 | |
| Yekaterinburg Time | 16:24, 4 February 2025 YEKT [refresh] | UTC+05:00 | MSK+2h | Bashkortostan, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Kurgan Oblast, Orenburg Oblast, Perm Krai, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Tyumen Oblast and Yamalia | 20,954,998 | |
| Omsk Time | 17:24, 4 February 2025 OMST [refresh] | UTC+06:00 | MSK+3h | Omsk Oblast | 1,926,665 | |
| Krasnoyarsk Time | 18:24, 4 February 2025 KRAT [refresh] | UTC+07:00 | MSK+4h | Altai Krai, Altai Republic, Kemerovo Oblast, Khakassia, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Novosibirsk Oblast, Tomsk Oblast and Tuva | 12,800,529 | |
| Irkutsk Time | 19:24, 4 February 2025 IRKT [refresh] | UTC+08:00 | MSK+5h | Irkutsk Oblast and Buryatia | 3,377,130 | |
| Yakutsk Time | 20:24, 4 February 2025 YAKT [refresh] | UTC+09:00 | MSK+6h | Amur Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai and most of the Sakha Republic (excluding districts in UTC+10:00 and UTC+11:00 time zones) | 2,769,581 | |
| Vladivostok Time | 21:24, 4 February 2025 VLAT [refresh] | UTC+10:00 | MSK+7h | Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Khabarovsk Krai, Primorsky Krai, and the Oymyakonsky, Ust-Yansky and Verkhoyansky districts of the Sakha Republic | 3,395,760 | |
| Magadan Time | 22:24, 4 February 2025 MAGT [refresh] | UTC+11:00 | MSK+8h | Magadan Oblast, Sakhalin Oblast, and the Abyysky, Allaikhovsky, Momsky, Nizhnekolymsky, Srednekolymsky and Verkhnekolymsky districts of the Sakha Republic | 654,621 | |
| Kamchatka Time | 23:24, 4 February 2025 PETT [refresh] | UTC+12:00 | MSK+9h | Chukotka and Kamchatka Krai | 363,304 |
Daylight saving time
Prior to 2011, Russia moved its clocks backward and forward on the same annual cycle as Europe. On 27 March 2011, clocks were advanced as usual, but they did not go back on 30 October 2011, effectively making Moscow Time UTC+04:00 permanently. On 26 October 2014, following another change in the law, the clocks in most of the country were moved back one hour, but summer daylight saving time was not reintroduced; Moscow Time returned to UTC+03:00 permanently.
History
Russian Empire
In the Russian Empire, most of the nation observed solar time. Until Saturday, 7 October [19 October, N.S.] 1867 at 3:30 p.m. GMT+14:59 in the capital of New Archangel (Sitka) (00:31 GMT), Alaska belonged to Russia (Russian America) which used the Julian calendar, which was 11 or 12 days behind the Gregorian calendar (as used by the rest of Russia) and had local times up to GMT+15:10. The westernmost area of Russia was Congress Poland, with local times down to GMT+01:10.
During the late 19th century, Moscow Mean Time was introduced on 1 January [13 January, N.S.] 1880, originally at GMT+02:30:17. 2:30:17 corresponds to 37.6166667°, the longitude of Moscow. Other parts of Russia kept solar time for several years.
Russia adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1918, when Wednesday 31 January (O.S.) was followed by Thursday 14 February (N.S.), which dropped 13 days from the calendar.
Soviet Union
After the Soviet Union was created, Moscow Time became UTC+02:00 and the various other time zones (up to UTC+12:00) were introduced throughout Russia and the rest of the Soviet Union, for example Irkutsk Time UTC+07:00 (Irkutsk has since this always been MSK+5). Between 1917 and 1922 the time was less ordered, with daylight saving time some of those years, some with two hours addition, and some of those years with one or two hours extra winter time.
On 21 June 1930, the Soviet Union advanced all clocks by one hour, effectively making the nation run on daylight saving time all year (the so-called decree time).
On 1 April 1981, 00:00:00, Oymyakonsky District changed its time zone from MSK+6 to MSK+8. The change occurred during DST effectively changing the offset from UTC+09:00 to UTC+12:00, the offset without DST was therefore changed from UTC+09:00 to UTC+11:00. [citation needed]
On 1 April 1982, 00:00:00, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug changed its time zone from MSK+10 to MSK+9, thus eliminating Anadyr Time (MSK+10 or UTC+13:00 without DST). The change occurred during DST effectively changing the offset from UTC+14:00 to UTC+13:00, the offset without DST was therefore changed from UTC+13:00 to UTC+12:00.
On 27 March 1988, 02:00:00, Saratov and Volgograd oblasts changed its time zone from MSK+1 to MSK. The change occurred during DST effectively changing the offset from UTC+05:00 to UTC+04:00, the offset without DST was therefore changed from UTC+04:00 to UTC+03:00.
On 26 March 1989, Kaliningrad Oblast switched from Moscow Time to Eastern European Time, and the following areas switched to Moscow Time (thus eliminating Samara Time; MSK+1 or UTC+04:00 without DST):
- Astrakhan Oblast
- Kirov Oblast
- Kuybyshev Krai
- Ulyanovsk Oblast
Russian Federation
| 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 |
Russia and most republics in the Soviet Union abolished the decree time (not moving the clocks) on 31 March 1991, but Russia reversed this the following year (except Samara Oblast which was already in UTC+04:00).[citation needed]
On 20 October 1991, Samara Oblast changed its time zone from MSK to MSK+1 (thus reinstating Samara Time; MSK+1), so from UTC+03:00 to UTC+04:00.
On 23 May 1993, Novosibirsk Oblast changed its time zone from MSK+4 to MSK+3. The change occurred during DST effectively changing the offset from UTC+08:00 to UTC+07:00, the offset without DST was therefore changed from UTC+07:00 to UTC+06:00.
On 28 May 1995, Altai Krai and Altai Republic changed its time zone from MSK+4 to MSK+3.
On 30 March 1997, Sakhalin Oblast changed its time zone from MSK+8 to MSK+7.
In May 2002, Tomsk Oblast changed its time zone from MSK+4 to MSK+3.
| UTC+02 Kaliningrad Time UTC+03 Moscow Time UTC+05 Yekaterinburg Time UTC+06 Omsk Time UTC+07 Krasnoyarsk Time | UTC+08 Irkutsk Time UTC+09 Yakutsk Time UTC+10 Vladivostok Time UTC+11 Magadan Time |
The following time zone changes occurred on 28 March 2010, which, in particular, led to abolition of two of the eleven time zones.
- The Udmurt Republic and Samara Oblast started using Moscow Time, thus eliminating Samara Time (MSK+1 or UTC+04:00 without DST).
- Kemerovo Oblast started using Omsk Time.
- Chukotka Autonomous Okrug and Kamchatka Krai started using Magadan Time, thus eliminating Kamchatka Time (MSK+9 or UTC+12:00 without DST).
Although the Russian government wanted to reduce the number of time zones even further, there were protests in far-eastern Russia on the changes, including a 20,000-strong petition in support of Kamchatka returning to UTC+12:00.
| UTC+03:00 Kaliningrad Time UTC+04:00 Moscow Time UTC+06:00 Yekaterinburg Time UTC+07:00 Omsk Time | UTC+08:00 Krasnoyarsk Time UTC+09:00 Irkutsk Time UTC+10:00 Yakutsk Time UTC+11:00 Vladivostok Time UTC+12:00 Magadan Time |
Decree No. 725 of 31 August 2011 changed the UTC offset for Moscow Time and the other time zones.Moscow Time Zone began using UTC+04:00 all year around. The notions of decree time and daylight saving time were abolished, but in fact, this decree mandated permanent daylight saving time (or even double daylight saving time in regions that had not abolished the decree time).
The decree also changed the offset of some parts of the Sakha Republic from Moscow. Oymyakonsky District switched from Magadan Time (MSK+8) to Vladivostok Time (MSK+7), and the following areas switched from Vladivostok Time (MSK+7) to Yakutsk Time (MSK+6):
- New Siberian Islands
- Tomponsky District
- Ust-Maysky District
| Yakutsk Time Vladivostok Time Magadan Time | (MSK+6) (MSK+7) (MSK+8) |
As a result of the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, local authorities in the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol decreed that clocks in the newly proclaimed Russian federal subjects should jump ahead two hours at 10 p.m. on 29 March 2014 to switch from Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00) to Moscow Time (UTC+04:00).
In July 2014, further changes were passed, which took effect on 26 October 2014. Most of Russia moved back one hour, so Moscow Time became UTC+03:00 again. Some areas changed offset from Moscow:
- 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+11:00. Annual DST changes were not observed.
The following time zone changes occurred on 27 March 2016:
- 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 24 April 2016, Magadan Oblast moved forward one hour from UTC+10:00 to UTC+11:00 (from Vladivostok to Srednekolymsk time). After this change, the UTC+11:00 time zone was again called Magadan Time.
On 29 May 2016, Tomsk Oblast moved forward one hour from UTC+06:00 to UTC+07:00 (from Omsk to Krasnoyarsk time).
On 24 July 2016, Novosibirsk Oblast moved forward one hour from UTC+06:00 to UTC+07:00 (from Omsk to Krasnoyarsk time).
On 4 December 2016, Saratov Oblast moved forward one hour from UTC+03:00 to UTC+04:00 (from Moscow to Samara time).
On 28 October 2018, Volgograd Oblast moved forward one hour from UTC+03:00 to UTC+04:00 (from Moscow to Samara time), but this change was reverted on 27 December 2020.
After the Russian annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts in September 2022, the parts of these oblasts under Russian administration remained on Moscow Time (UTC+03:00) and did not revert to UTC+02:00 with the rest of Ukraine at the end of its daylight saving time period in October 2022. In April 2023, the Russian time zone law was changed to formally include these oblasts in Moscow Time.
Railway time
Until 2018, all timetables on Russian Railways (except Sakhalin railways) followed Moscow Time. From 2018 time tables follow local time. Airports and flights follow local time.
Tz Database
For Russia, the tz database contains several zones in the file zone.tab.
List of zones
The list below shows the 16 zones for Russia as defined in the file zone.tab of the database. The database aims to identify regions that had the same time offset rules since 1970.
Two federal subjects are contained in more than one tz zone. The Sakha Republic is divided into three: west, central, east. Sakhalin Oblast is divided into two: Sakhalin Island with Kurilsky and Yuzhno-Kurilsky districts in the Kuril Islands, and Severo-Kurilsky District in the Kuril Islands.
On the last Sunday in October 2011, daylight-saving time ended in tzdata, but all zones moved forward one hour. In other words, the clocks did not change, but the names of the time zones reverted permanently to their standard time variants and there will be no more daylight-saving time. [citation needed]
If available, the change column lists the offset changes that caused a creation of a new zone in the tz database.
"Initial zone" means that in 1970 there was already a difference in time offset from the offsets in any other zone.
| C.c. | Coordinates | tzid | Comments | UTC offset (without DST, permanent since 2011) | Covered area | Split from[citation needed] | Changes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RU | +5443+02030 | Europe/Kaliningrad | MSK-01 - Kaliningrad | +02:00 | Kaliningrad Oblast | Initial zone | 1989-03-26 Change from UTC+03:00 to UTC+02:00 |
| RU | +554521+0373704 | Europe/Moscow | MSK+00 - Moscow area | +03:00 | Most of European Russia. Complete list given here. | Initial zone | |
| RU | +4844+04425 | Europe/Volgograd | MSK+00 - Volgograd | +03:00 | Kirov Oblast, Saratov Oblast, Volgograd Oblast, and Astrakhan Oblast | Europe/Samara | 1992-03-29 Zone creation, causing change from UTC+04:00 to UTC+03:00 |
| RU | +5312+05009 | Europe/Samara | MSK+01 - Samara, Udmurtia | +04:00 | Samara Oblast and Udmurtia | Initial zone | 2010-03-28 Change from UTC+04:00 to UTC+03:00 |
| RU | +5420+04824 | Europe/Ulyanovsk | MSK+01 - Ulyanovsk | +04:00 | Ulyanovsk Oblast | Europe/Moscow | 2016-03-27 Zone creation, causing change from UTC+03:00 to UTC+04:00 |
| RU | +5651+06036 | Asia/Yekaterinburg | MSK+02 - Urals | +05:00 | Bashkortostan, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Kurgan Oblast, Orenburg Oblast, Perm Krai, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Tyumen Oblast, and Yamalia | Initial zone | |
| RU | +5500+07324 | Asia/Omsk | MSK+03 - Omsk | +06:00 | Altai Krai, Altai Republic, and Omsk Oblast |
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| RU | +5502+08255 | Asia/Novosibirsk | MSK+04 - Novosibirsk | +07:00 | Novosibirsk Oblast and Tomsk Oblast. |
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| RU | +5345+08707 | Asia/Novokuznetsk | MSK+04 - Kemerovo | +07:00 | Kemerovo Oblast | Asia/Novosibirsk | 2010-03-28 Zone creation, causing change from Krasnoyarsk Time to Novosibirsk Time |
| RU | +5601+09250 | Asia/Krasnoyarsk | MSK+04 - Krasnoyarsk area | +07:00 | Khakassia, Krasnoyarsk Krai, and Tuva Republic | ||
| RU | +5216+10420 | Asia/Irkutsk | MSK+05 - Irkutsk, Buryatia | +08:00 | Irkutsk Oblast and Buryatia | ||
| RU | +6200+12940 | Asia/Yakutsk | MSK+06 - Lena River | +09:00 | Amur Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, and western Sakha Republic | ||
| RU | +4310+13156 | Asia/Vladivostok | MSK+07 - Amur River | +10:00 | Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Khabarovsk Krai, Primorsky Krai, and central Sakha Republic | Initial zone | |
| RU | +4658+14242 | Asia/Sakhalin | MSK+08 - Sakhalin Island | +11:00 | Sakhalin Island, and western Kuril Islands | Asia/Magadan | 1997-03-30 Zone creation, causing change from UTC+11 to UTC+10 |
| RU | +643337+1431336 | Asia/Ust-Nera | MSK+07 - Oymyakonsky | +10:00 | Oymyakonsky District | Asia/Yakutsk | 1981-04-01 Changed to Magadan time |
| RU | +5934+15048 | Asia/Magadan | MSK+08 - Magadan | +11:00 | Magadan Oblast | Initial zone | 2014-10-26 Split: Magadan Oblast changed to Vladivostok time, other areas using new Srednekolymsk time |
| RU | +6728+15343 | Asia/Srednekolymsk | MSK+08 - Sakha (E), N Kuril Is | +11:00 | eastern Kuril Islands, and eastern Sakha Republic | Asia/Magadan | 2014-10-26 |
| RU | +5301+15839 | Asia/Kamchatka | MSK+09 - Kamchatka | +12:00 | Kamchatka Krai | Initial zone | 2010-03-28 Change from UTC+12:00 to UTC+11:00 |
| RU | +6445+17729 | Asia/Anadyr | MSK+09 - Bering Sea | +12:00 | Chukotka Autonomous Okrug | Initial zone |
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Deleted zones
Asia/Ulan Ude was a time zone identifier from the zone file of the tz database. The reference point was Ulan-Ude. It was added in tz version 2011e. Edition 2011i did not contain it anymore. The area remained at Asia/Irkutsk. The contained data in zone.tab was:
RU +5150+10736 Asia/Ulan_Ude Moscow+05 – Buryatia
The covered area was Republic of Buryatia.
See also
- Decree time
References
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- Time Zones Currently Being Used in Russia, Timeanddate.com.
- Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities, Federal State Statistics Service of Russia. (in Russian)
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- Clock Changes in Anadyr, Russia in 1982. Timeanddate.com.
- Clock Changes in Saratov, Russia in 1988. Timeanddate.com.
- Clock Changes in Volgograd, Russia in 1988. Timeanddate.com.
- Clock Changes in Samara, Russia in 1991. Timeanddate.com.
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- Clock Changes in Barnaul, Russia in 1995. Timeanddate.com.
- Clock Changes in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia in 1997. Timeanddate.com.
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External links
- Russia removes two timezones
- Map of time zones in Russia
There are 11 time zones in Russia which currently observe times ranging from UTC 02 00 to UTC 12 00 Daylight saving time DST has not been used in Russia since 26 October 2014 From 27 March 2011 to 26 October 2014 permanent DST was used Time in Russia KALT Kaliningrad Time UTC 2 MSK 1 MSK Moscow Time UTC 3 MSK 0 SAMT Samara Time UTC 4 MSK 1 YEKT Yekaterinburg Time UTC 5 MSK 2 OMST Omsk Time UTC 6 MSK 3 KRAT Krasnoyarsk Time UTC 7 MSK 4 IRKT Irkutsk Time UTC 8 MSK 5 YAKT Yakutsk Time UTC 9 MSK 6 VLAT Vladivostok Time UTC 10 MSK 7 MAGT Magadan Time UTC 11 MSK 8 PETT Kamchatka Time UTC 12 MSK 9 List of zonesSince 27 December 2020 the time zones are as follows Time zone name Time of day and abbreviation UTC offset MSK offset Area covered Population 2020 Kaliningrad Time 13 24 4 February 2025 KALT refresh UTC 02 00 MSK 1h Kaliningrad Oblast 1 012 512Moscow Time 14 24 4 February 2025 MSK refresh UTC 03 00 MSK 0h Most of European Russia excluding federal subjects in UTC 02 00 UTC 04 00 and UTC 05 00 time zones 90 155 502Samara Time 15 24 4 February 2025 SAMT refresh UTC 04 00 MSK 1h Astrakhan Oblast Samara Oblast Saratov Oblast Udmurtia and Ulyanovsk Oblast 9 337 988Yekaterinburg Time 16 24 4 February 2025 YEKT refresh UTC 05 00 MSK 2h Bashkortostan Chelyabinsk Oblast Khanty Mansi Autonomous Okrug Kurgan Oblast Orenburg Oblast Perm Krai Sverdlovsk Oblast Tyumen Oblast and Yamalia 20 954 998Omsk Time 17 24 4 February 2025 OMST refresh UTC 06 00 MSK 3h Omsk Oblast 1 926 665Krasnoyarsk Time 18 24 4 February 2025 KRAT refresh UTC 07 00 MSK 4h Altai Krai Altai Republic Kemerovo Oblast Khakassia Krasnoyarsk Krai Novosibirsk Oblast Tomsk Oblast and Tuva 12 800 529Irkutsk Time 19 24 4 February 2025 IRKT refresh UTC 08 00 MSK 5h Irkutsk Oblast and Buryatia 3 377 130Yakutsk Time 20 24 4 February 2025 YAKT refresh UTC 09 00 MSK 6h Amur Oblast Zabaykalsky Krai and most of the Sakha Republic excluding districts in UTC 10 00 and UTC 11 00 time zones 2 769 581Vladivostok Time 21 24 4 February 2025 VLAT refresh UTC 10 00 MSK 7h Jewish Autonomous Oblast Khabarovsk Krai Primorsky Krai and the Oymyakonsky Ust Yansky and Verkhoyansky districts of the Sakha Republic 3 395 760Magadan Time 22 24 4 February 2025 MAGT refresh UTC 11 00 MSK 8h Magadan Oblast Sakhalin Oblast and the Abyysky Allaikhovsky Momsky Nizhnekolymsky Srednekolymsky and Verkhnekolymsky districts of the Sakha Republic 654 621Kamchatka Time 23 24 4 February 2025 PETT refresh UTC 12 00 MSK 9h Chukotka and Kamchatka Krai 363 304Daylight saving timePrior to 2011 Russia moved its clocks backward and forward on the same annual cycle as Europe On 27 March 2011 clocks were advanced as usual but they did not go back on 30 October 2011 effectively making Moscow Time UTC 04 00 permanently On 26 October 2014 following another change in the law the clocks in most of the country were moved back one hour but summer daylight saving time was not reintroduced Moscow Time returned to UTC 03 00 permanently HistoryRussian Empire In the Russian Empire most of the nation observed solar time Until Saturday 7 October 19 October N S 1867 at 3 30 p m GMT 14 59 in the capital of New Archangel Sitka 00 31 GMT Alaska belonged to Russia Russian America which used the Julian calendar which was 11 or 12 days behind the Gregorian calendar as used by the rest of Russia and had local times up to GMT 15 10 The westernmost area of Russia was Congress Poland with local times down to GMT 01 10 During the late 19th century Moscow Mean Time was introduced on 1 January 13 January N S 1880 originally at GMT 02 30 17 2 30 17 corresponds to 37 6166667 the longitude of Moscow Other parts of Russia kept solar time for several years Russia adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1918 when Wednesday 31 January O S was followed by Thursday 14 February N S which dropped 13 days from the calendar Soviet Union After the Soviet Union was created Moscow Time became UTC 02 00 and the various other time zones up to UTC 12 00 were introduced throughout Russia and the rest of the Soviet Union for example Irkutsk Time UTC 07 00 Irkutsk has since this always been MSK 5 Between 1917 and 1922 the time was less ordered with daylight saving time some of those years some with two hours addition and some of those years with one or two hours extra winter time On 21 June 1930 the Soviet Union advanced all clocks by one hour effectively making the nation run on daylight saving time all year the so called decree time On 1 April 1981 00 00 00 Oymyakonsky District changed its time zone from MSK 6 to MSK 8 The change occurred during DST effectively changing the offset from UTC 09 00 to UTC 12 00 the offset without DST was therefore changed from UTC 09 00 to UTC 11 00 citation needed On 1 April 1982 00 00 00 Chukotka Autonomous Okrug changed its time zone from MSK 10 to MSK 9 thus eliminating Anadyr Time MSK 10 or UTC 13 00 without DST The change occurred during DST effectively changing the offset from UTC 14 00 to UTC 13 00 the offset without DST was therefore changed from UTC 13 00 to UTC 12 00 On 27 March 1988 02 00 00 Saratov and Volgograd oblasts changed its time zone from MSK 1 to MSK The change occurred during DST effectively changing the offset from UTC 05 00 to UTC 04 00 the offset without DST was therefore changed from UTC 04 00 to UTC 03 00 On 26 March 1989 Kaliningrad Oblast switched from Moscow Time to Eastern European Time and the following areas switched to Moscow Time thus eliminating Samara Time MSK 1 or UTC 04 00 without DST Astrakhan Oblast Kirov Oblast Kuybyshev Krai Ulyanovsk OblastRussian Federation 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 Russia and most republics in the Soviet Union abolished the decree time not moving the clocks on 31 March 1991 but Russia reversed this the following year except Samara Oblast which was already in UTC 04 00 citation needed On 20 October 1991 Samara Oblast changed its time zone from MSK to MSK 1 thus reinstating Samara Time MSK 1 so from UTC 03 00 to UTC 04 00 On 23 May 1993 Novosibirsk Oblast changed its time zone from MSK 4 to MSK 3 The change occurred during DST effectively changing the offset from UTC 08 00 to UTC 07 00 the offset without DST was therefore changed from UTC 07 00 to UTC 06 00 On 28 May 1995 Altai Krai and Altai Republic changed its time zone from MSK 4 to MSK 3 On 30 March 1997 Sakhalin Oblast changed its time zone from MSK 8 to MSK 7 In May 2002 Tomsk Oblast changed its time zone from MSK 4 to MSK 3 April 2010 9 zones UTC 02 Kaliningrad Time UTC 03 Moscow Time UTC 05 Yekaterinburg Time UTC 06 Omsk Time UTC 07 Krasnoyarsk Time UTC 08 Irkutsk Time UTC 09 Yakutsk Time UTC 10 Vladivostok Time UTC 11 Magadan Time The following time zone changes occurred on 28 March 2010 which in particular led to abolition of two of the eleven time zones The Udmurt Republic and Samara Oblast started using Moscow Time thus eliminating Samara Time MSK 1 or UTC 04 00 without DST Kemerovo Oblast started using Omsk Time Chukotka Autonomous Okrug and Kamchatka Krai started using Magadan Time thus eliminating Kamchatka Time MSK 9 or UTC 12 00 without DST Although the Russian government wanted to reduce the number of time zones even further there were protests in far eastern Russia on the changes including a 20 000 strong petition in support of Kamchatka returning to UTC 12 00 September 2011 9 zones permanent DST UTC 03 00 Kaliningrad Time UTC 04 00 Moscow Time UTC 06 00 Yekaterinburg Time UTC 07 00 Omsk Time UTC 08 00 Krasnoyarsk Time UTC 09 00 Irkutsk Time UTC 10 00 Yakutsk Time UTC 11 00 Vladivostok Time UTC 12 00 Magadan Time Decree No 725 of 31 August 2011 changed the UTC offset for Moscow Time and the other time zones Moscow Time Zone began using UTC 04 00 all year around The notions of decree time and daylight saving time were abolished but in fact this decree mandated permanent daylight saving time or even double daylight saving time in regions that had not abolished the decree time The decree also changed the offset of some parts of the Sakha Republic from Moscow Oymyakonsky District switched from Magadan Time MSK 8 to Vladivostok Time MSK 7 and the following areas switched from Vladivostok Time MSK 7 to Yakutsk Time MSK 6 New Siberian Islands Tomponsky District Ust Maysky District28 March 2010 with DST 13 September 2011 permanent DST Yakutsk Time Vladivostok Time Magadan Time MSK 6 MSK 7 MSK 8 October 2014 11 zones As a result of the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation local authorities in the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol decreed that clocks in the newly proclaimed Russian federal subjects should jump ahead two hours at 10 p m on 29 March 2014 to switch from Eastern European Time UTC 02 00 to Moscow Time UTC 04 00 In July 2014 further changes were passed which took effect on 26 October 2014 Most of Russia moved back one hour so Moscow Time became UTC 03 00 again Some areas changed offset from Moscow 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 00 Annual DST changes were not observed 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 The following time zone changes occurred on 27 March 2016 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 24 April 2016 Magadan Oblast moved forward one hour from UTC 10 00 to UTC 11 00 from Vladivostok to Srednekolymsk time After this change the UTC 11 00 time zone was again called Magadan Time On 29 May 2016 Tomsk Oblast moved forward one hour from UTC 06 00 to UTC 07 00 from Omsk to Krasnoyarsk time On 24 July 2016 Novosibirsk Oblast moved forward one hour from UTC 06 00 to UTC 07 00 from Omsk to Krasnoyarsk time On 4 December 2016 Saratov Oblast moved forward one hour from UTC 03 00 to UTC 04 00 from Moscow to Samara time On 28 October 2018 Volgograd Oblast moved forward one hour from UTC 03 00 to UTC 04 00 from Moscow to Samara time but this change was reverted on 27 December 2020 After the Russian annexation of Donetsk Kherson Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts in September 2022 the parts of these oblasts under Russian administration remained on Moscow Time UTC 03 00 and did not revert to UTC 02 00 with the rest of Ukraine at the end of its daylight saving time period in October 2022 In April 2023 the Russian time zone law was changed to formally include these oblasts in Moscow Time Railway timeUntil 2018 all timetables on Russian Railways except Sakhalin railways followed Moscow Time From 2018 time tables follow local time Airports and flights follow local time Tz Databasehttp efele net maps tz russia data from 2009 For Russia the tz database contains several zones in the file zone tab List of zones The list below shows the 16 zones for Russia as defined in the file zone tab of the database The database aims to identify regions that had the same time offset rules since 1970 Two federal subjects are contained in more than one tz zone The Sakha Republic is divided into three west central east Sakhalin Oblast is divided into two Sakhalin Island with Kurilsky and Yuzhno Kurilsky districts in the Kuril Islands and Severo Kurilsky District in the Kuril Islands On the last Sunday in October 2011 daylight saving time ended in tzdata but all zones moved forward one hour In other words the clocks did not change but the names of the time zones reverted permanently to their standard time variants and there will be no more daylight saving time citation needed If available the change column lists the offset changes that caused a creation of a new zone in the tz database Initial zone means that in 1970 there was already a difference in time offset from the offsets in any other zone C c Coordinates tzid Comments UTC offset without DST permanent since 2011 Covered area Split from citation needed ChangesRU 5443 02030 Europe Kaliningrad MSK 01 Kaliningrad 02 00 Kaliningrad Oblast Initial zone 1989 03 26 Change from UTC 03 00 to UTC 02 00RU 554521 0373704 Europe Moscow MSK 00 Moscow area 03 00 Most of European Russia Complete list given here Initial zoneRU 4844 04425 Europe Volgograd MSK 00 Volgograd 03 00 Kirov Oblast Saratov Oblast Volgograd Oblast and Astrakhan Oblast Europe Samara 1992 03 29 Zone creation causing change from UTC 04 00 to UTC 03 00RU 5312 05009 Europe Samara MSK 01 Samara Udmurtia 04 00 Samara Oblast and Udmurtia Initial zone 2010 03 28 Change from UTC 04 00 to UTC 03 00RU 5420 04824 Europe Ulyanovsk MSK 01 Ulyanovsk 04 00 Ulyanovsk Oblast Europe Moscow 2016 03 27 Zone creation causing change from UTC 03 00 to UTC 04 00RU 5651 06036 Asia Yekaterinburg MSK 02 Urals 05 00 Bashkortostan Chelyabinsk Oblast Khanty Mansi Autonomous Okrug Kurgan Oblast Orenburg Oblast Perm Krai Sverdlovsk Oblast Tyumen Oblast and Yamalia Initial zoneRU 5500 07324 Asia Omsk MSK 03 Omsk 06 00 Altai Krai Altai Republic and Omsk Oblast 1995 05 28 Zone creation causing change from UTC 07 00 to UTC 06 00 citation needed 1992 01 19 Change from UTC 05 00 to UTC 06 00 citation needed RU 5502 08255 Asia Novosibirsk MSK 04 Novosibirsk 07 00 Novosibirsk Oblast and Tomsk Oblast 1993 05 23 Zone creation causing change from UTC 07 to UTC 06 citation needed 2002 05 01 Change from UTC 07 to UTC 06RU 5345 08707 Asia Novokuznetsk MSK 04 Kemerovo 07 00 Kemerovo Oblast Asia Novosibirsk 2010 03 28 Zone creation causing change from Krasnoyarsk Time to Novosibirsk TimeRU 5601 09250 Asia Krasnoyarsk MSK 04 Krasnoyarsk area 07 00 Khakassia Krasnoyarsk Krai and Tuva RepublicRU 5216 10420 Asia Irkutsk MSK 05 Irkutsk Buryatia 08 00 Irkutsk Oblast and BuryatiaRU 6200 12940 Asia Yakutsk MSK 06 Lena River 09 00 Amur Oblast Zabaykalsky Krai and western Sakha RepublicRU 4310 13156 Asia Vladivostok MSK 07 Amur River 10 00 Jewish Autonomous Oblast Khabarovsk Krai Primorsky Krai and central Sakha Republic Initial zoneRU 4658 14242 Asia Sakhalin MSK 08 Sakhalin Island 11 00 Sakhalin Island and western Kuril Islands Asia Magadan 1997 03 30 Zone creation causing change from UTC 11 to UTC 10RU 643337 1431336 Asia Ust Nera MSK 07 Oymyakonsky 10 00 Oymyakonsky District Asia Yakutsk 1981 04 01 Changed to Magadan timeRU 5934 15048 Asia Magadan MSK 08 Magadan 11 00 Magadan Oblast Initial zone 2014 10 26 Split Magadan Oblast changed to Vladivostok time other areas using new Srednekolymsk timeRU 6728 15343 Asia Srednekolymsk MSK 08 Sakha E N Kuril Is 11 00 eastern Kuril Islands and eastern Sakha Republic Asia Magadan 2014 10 26RU 5301 15839 Asia Kamchatka MSK 09 Kamchatka 12 00 Kamchatka Krai Initial zone 2010 03 28 Change from UTC 12 00 to UTC 11 00RU 6445 17729 Asia Anadyr MSK 09 Bering Sea 12 00 Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Initial zone 1982 04 01 Changed from UTC 13 00 to UTC 12 00 2010 03 28 Changed from UTC 12 00 to UTC 11 00Deleted zones Asia Ulan Ude was a time zone identifier from the zone file of the tz database The reference point was Ulan Ude It was added in tz version 2011e Edition 2011i did not contain it anymore The area remained at Asia Irkutsk The contained data in zone tab was RU 5150 10736 Asia Ulan Ude Moscow 05 Buryatia The covered area was Republic of Buryatia See alsoDecree timeReferencesFederal law of 3 June 2011 no 107 FZ as amended on 14 April 2023 On the calculation of time Article 5 Time zones Consultant Plus in Russian Russia time zones map with current local time World Time Zone 28 October 2018 Time Zones Currently Being Used in Russia Timeanddate com Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities Federal State Statistics Service of Russia in Russian Medvedev otmenil zimnee vremya Lenta ru 8 February 2011 Retrieved 8 February 2011 Russian clocks go back for last time BBC News 25 October 2014 Time Zone amp Clock Changes in Moscow Russia timeanddate com Clock Changes in Ust Nera Russia in 1981 Timeanddate com Clock Changes in Anadyr Russia in 1982 Timeanddate com Clock Changes in Saratov Russia in 1988 Timeanddate com Clock Changes in Volgograd Russia in 1988 Timeanddate com Clock Changes in Samara Russia in 1991 Timeanddate com Time changes in year 1993 for Russia Novosibirsk Timeanddate com Retrieved on 2014 06 07 Clock Changes in Barnaul Russia in 1995 Timeanddate com Clock Changes in Yuzhno Sakhalinsk Russia in 1997 Timeanddate com Clock Changes in Tomsk Russia in 2002 Timeanddate com Pravitelstvo Rossijskoj Federacii Postanovlenie 166 ot 17 marta 2010 g O primenenii na territorii Udmurtskoj Respubliki vremeni vtorogo chasovogo poyasa Opublikovan Rossijskaya Gazeta 58 22 marta 2010 g Government of the Russian Federation Resolution 166 of 17 March 2010 On Using the Time of the Second Time Zone on the Territory of the Udmurt Republic Pravitelstvo Rossijskoj Federacii Postanovlenie 170 ot 19 marta 2010 g O primenenii na territorii Samarskoj oblasti vremeni vtorogo chasovogo poyasa Opublikovan Rossijskaya Gazeta 58 22 marta 2010 g Government of the Russian Federation Resolution 170 of 19 March 2010 On Using the Time of the Second Time Zone on the Territory of Samara Oblast Pravitelstvo Rossijskoj Federacii Postanovlenie 740 ot 14 sentyabrya 2009 g O primenenii na territorii Kemerovskoj oblasti vremeni pyatogo chasovogo poyasa Government of the Russian Federation Resolution 740 of 14 September 2009 On Using the Time of the Fifth Time Zone on the Territory of Kemerovo Oblast Pravitelstvo Rossijskoj Federacii Postanovlenie 171 ot 19 marta 2010 g O primenenii na territorii Kamchatskogo kraya i Chukotskogo avtonomnogo okruga vremeni desyatogo chasovogo poyasa Opublikovan Rossijskaya Gazeta 58 22 marta 2010 g Government of the Russian Federation Resolution 171 of 19 March 2010 On Using the Time of the Tenth Time Zone on the Territory of Kamchatka Krai and Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Thousands Protest Time Zone Changes in Russia 13 December 2010 Retrieved 15 January 2011 Postanovlenie Pravitelstva Rossijskoj Federacii 725 ot 31 avgusta 2011 g O sostave territorij obrazuyushih kazhduyu chasovuyu zonu i poryadke ischisleniya vremeni v chasovyh zonah a takzhe o priznanii utrativshimi silu otdelnyh postanovlenij Pravitelstva Rossijskoj Federacii Crimea switches to Moscow time amid incorporation frenzy Reuters 29 March 2014 New Russian time zones and the corresponding areas from October 26 2014 World Time Zone 22 July 2014 Russia Moving to Permanent Winter Time From October 26 RIA Novosti 22 July 2014 retrieved 26 July 2014 Russia Changes Several Time Zones Timeanddate com 17 March 2016 Russia Changes Time Zone in Magadan Timeanddate com 7 April 2016 Time Zone amp Clock Changes in Magadan Russia Proposed Time Change in Tomsk Russia Timeanddate com 27 April 2016 Proposed Time Change in Novosibirsk Russia Timeanddate com 4 July 2016 Proposed Time Change in Saratov Russia Timeanddate com 14 November 2016 Vladimir Putin signed law on time change in Saratov Oblast Vzglyad info 22 November 2016 in Russian New Time Zone in Russia s Volgograd Region Timeanddate com 3 October 2018 New Time Zone in Russia s Volgograd Region Timeanddate com 17 December 2020 Federal law of 22 December 2020 no 432 FZ On amendments to article 5 of federal law On the calculation of time Official internet portal of legal information of Russia in Russian New Russian regions to switch to Moscow time Industry and Trade Ministry TASS Russian News Agency 27 January 2023 New regions move to Moscow time zone symbolic Kremlin TASS Russian News Agency 17 April 2023 Russian trains to end dependence on Moscow time Business Standard India 25 July 2018 Russian Railways Time tables for example http www iktport ru Novosti NEWSru com S 1 maya Tomskaya oblast pereshla v novyj chasovoj poyas Newsru com Retrieved on 2014 06 07 proposed time zone package changes Gmane Retrieved on 2014 06 07 proposeed time zone package changes Chile Russia Irkutsk Buryatia Morocco Gmane Retrieved on 2014 06 07 External linksWikimedia Commons 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