RUSSIA TIME ZONES

UTC+2 (USZ1/USZ1S). Kaliningrad Time Zone (Eastern European Time Zone or the Russia Zone 1).
Major city: Kaliningrad.
Phone cards to call Kaliningrad, Russia.

UTC+3 (MSK/MSD). Moscow Time Zone.
Major cities: Moscow, St. Petersburg. Phone cards to call Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia.

UTC+4 (SAMT/SAMST). Samara Time Zone.
Major cities: Izhevsk, Samara, Tolyatti.
Phone cards to call Izhevsk, Samara, and Tolyatti, Russia.

UTC+5 (YEKT/YEKST). Yekaterinburg Time Zone.
Major cities: Yekaterinburg, Perm, Tyumen, Ufa, Chelyabinsk.
Phone cards to call Yekaterinburg, Perm, Tyumen, Ufa, and Chelyabinsk, Russia.

UTC+6 (OMST/OMSST). Omsk Time Zone.
Major cities: Novosibirsk, Omsk, Tomsk.
Phone cards to call Novosibirsk, Omsk, and Tomsk, Russia.

UTC+7 (KRAT/KRAST). Krasnoyarsk Time Zone.
Major cities: Abakan, Kemerovo, Krasnoyarsk, Kyzyl.
Phone cards to call Abakan, Kemerovo, Krasnoyarsk, and Kyzyl, Russia.

UTC+8 (IRKT/IRKST). Irkutsk Time Zone.
Major cities: Irkutsk, Ulan-Ude.
Phone cards to call Irkutsk, and Ulan-Ude, Russia.

UTC+9 (YAKT/YAKST). Yakutsk Time Zone.
Major cities: Blagoveshchensk, Chita, Yakutsk.
Phone cards to call Blagoveshchensk, Chita, and Yakutsk, Russia.

UTC+10 (VLAT/VLAST). Vladivostok Time Zone.
Major cities: Vladivostok, Khabarovsk.
Phone cards to call Vladivostok and Khabarovsk, Russia.

UTC+11 (MAGT/MAGST). Magadan Time Zone.
Major city: Magadan.
Phone cards to call Magadan, Russia.

UTC+12 (PETT/PETST). Kamchatka Time Zone.
Major city: Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
Phone cards to call Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.

The territory of the Russian Federation is divided into 11 time zone (zone 2 through zone 12 inclusively) with the same time with each time zone. The time is adjusted in each time zone on the last Sunday in March at 2:00 am local time by moving an hour ahead and on the last Sunday of October at 3:00 am by moving an hour back. The boundaries of the time zones in Russia are the boundaries of the Subjects (Subdivisions) of the Russian Federation. Each Subject fits into one time zone, with the exception of Yakutia (Sakha Republic) that streches over three time zones, and Sakhalin Oblast, that covers two time zones. Many regions have a local time that is different from the time zone they are in, since in Russia they have also have Decree time. Decree time refers to the changes introduced to the USSR time system by a Sovnarkom decree of 16 June 1930. By this decree, all clocks in the Soviet Union were permanently shifted one hour ahead of standard time for each timezone.

HOW TO CALCULATE TIME DIFFERENCE WITH RUSSIA

When making international calls to Russia it is very important to observe the time difference. 7:00 pm in New York might seem like a good time to make a call. Meanwhile it is 3:00 am in Moscow. You can calculate the time difference by taking the number of hours between your location and UTC (GMT) and adding to that the number from the map above. For example, New York is in Eastern Standard Time. EST is 5 hours behind of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Moscow is 3 hours ahead of UTC. The time difference is, therefore, 8 hours.

Alternatively, you may use the tool below to tell what time it is now throughout the time zones in Russia.