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37°30' E and 52°30' E. As a result, there are European locales that despite lying in an area with a "physical" UTC+03:00 time, are in another time zone; likewise, there are European areas that have gone for UTC+03:00, even though their "physical" time zone is different from that. Following is a list of such anomalies:
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Since political, in addition to purely geographical, criteria are used in the drawing of time zones, it follows that time zones do not precisely adhere to meridian lines. The MSK (UTC+03:00) time zone, were it drawn by purely geographical terms, would consist of exactly the area between meridians
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In 1922–1930 and 1991–1992, Moscow observed Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00). Daylight saving time (UTC+03:00) was observed in the summer of 1991, and the city and region reverted to UTC+03:00 by the summer of 1992.
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introduced the system of time zones in the country, while Moscow was assigned to the second administrative time zone, the time of which should correspond to GMT+02:00. Other zones east of the 37.5° meridian to
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Moscow Time is used to schedule trains, ships, etc. throughout Russia, but airplane travel is scheduled using local time. Times in Russia are often announced throughout the country on
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On 1 July 2014, the State Duma passed a bill partially repealing the 2011 change, putting Moscow Time on permanent UTC+03:00 and thus back to standard time.
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was three hours ahead of UTC, or UTC+03:00; during the summer, Moscow Time shifted forward an additional hour ahead of Moscow Standard Time to become
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as Moscow Time, which is also registered in telegrams, etc. Descriptions of time zones in Russia are often based on Moscow Time rather than
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Prior to 26 October 2014, Moscow Time was UTC+03:00. Daylight saving time was used in the summer, advancing it to UTC+04:00.
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was introduced by adding one hour to the time in each time zone of the USSR, so that Moscow Time became three hours ahead of
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Until 2011, during the winter, between the last Sunday of October and the last Sunday of March,
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The time in Moscow has been as follows (the following list of DST usage may not be accurate):
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in Russia was removed on 26 October 2014 the time became UTC+03:00 without DST all year.
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Areas located within UTC+03:00 longitudes (37°30' E – 52°30' E) using other time zones
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The entirety of Belarus with 23°10' E as the westernmost point where MSK is used
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UTC+03:00 was also formerly used in European parts of what was then the USSR:
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Areas between 52°30' E and 67°30' E ("physical" UTC+04:00) that use UTC+03:00
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Areas located outside UTC+03:00 longitudes using Moscow Time (UTC+03:00) time
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with an exception to the very east, and some parts of the Russian mainland (
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Moscow Summer Time (UTC+04:00), was first applied in 1981 and was used:
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would in future be observed all year round, thus effectively displacing
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Western Russia, including Saint Petersburg, half of Moscow and Crimea
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since 26 October 2014; before that date it had been set to UTC+04:00
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in Russia with 69°2' E as the easternmost point where MSK is used
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Areas west of 37°30' E ("physical" UTC+02:00) that use UTC+03:00
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until 1989 in Estonia, Kaliningrad Oblast, Latvia and Lithuania
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between 1989 and 1991 and in 2010 in Samara Oblast.
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It is the second-westernmost of the eleven 8: 646:Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR 737:, the Republic of Crimea and the city of 1339:"DPR and LPR switch over to Moscow time" 1240:in Russia, and the western parts of the 593:, and most of western Russia, including 1275: 806:Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine 693:were also included in the second belt. 7: 1133:Areas east of 67°30' E ("physical" 27:Time zone in western Russia (UTC+3) 1216:with an exception to the very east 25: 889:until 1990 in Moldova and Ukraine 632:) is said to be MSK+6 in Russia. 713:Moscow Standard Time (MSK, МСК) 1313:"Russia Abolishes Winter Time" 698:Council of People's Commissars 1: 745:established by Russia on the 860:, in 1930–1941 and 1943-1990 842:, in 1940–1941 and 1944-1989 836:, in 1940–1941 and 1944-1989 830:, in 1940–1941 and 1944-1989 733:On 29 March 2014, after the 452:Eastern European Summer Time 404:Central European Summer Time 365:Western European Summer Time 577: 1417: 1100:Russia, including most of 29: 566: 435: 387: 342: 1231:Areas that use UTC+05:00 1168:Areas that use UTC+04:00 1163:Eastern parts of Ukraine 1158:Areas that use UTC+02:00 808:, including after their 717:Moscow Summer Time (MSD) 1118:Nenets Autonomous Okrug 719:, making it UTC+04:00. 132:Yekaterinburg Time 30:For the newspaper, see 1376:Current time in Moscow 848:(Russia), in 1946–1989 551: 307: 1176:with an exception of 961:From 14 February 1921 892:until 1991 in Belarus 601:. 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Index

Moscow time
The Moscow Times

Time in Russia
Kaliningrad Time
UTC+2
Moscow Time
UTC+3
Samara Time
UTC+4
Yekaterinburg Time
UTC+5
Omsk Time
UTC+6
Krasnoyarsk Time
UTC+7
Irkutsk Time
UTC+8
Yakutsk Time
UTC+9
Vladivostok Time
UTC+10
Magadan Time
UTC+11
Kamchatka Time
UTC+12

Time in Europe
Western European Time
Greenwich Mean Time

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