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Moscow Time () is the Time Zone for the city of Moscow , Russia and most of western Russia, including Saint Petersburg . It is one of the Time Zones Of Russia . In accordance with the 16 June 1930 Decree of the Council Of People's Commissars , the Decree Time 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 Coordinated Universal Time .

Moscow Time is in use for scheduling Trains , Airplanes , Ships , etc. throughout the Russian Federation , this time is registered in telegrams, etc. Times in Russia are often announced throughout the country on Radio Stations as Moscow Time.

''Moscow Standard Time (MSK)'' is 3 hours ahead of UTC , or UTC+3 .

''Moscow Summer Time (MSD)'' is an additional hour ahead of Moscow Standard Time, making it UTC+4 .


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The section of European Russia (the portion of Russia west of the Ural Mountains ), which contains the city of Moscow , use Moscow Time during the winter only, between the last Sunday of October and the last Sunday of March. In Kaliningrad Oblast EET = UTC+2 is used. Samara Oblast , Ulyanovsk Oblast , and Udmurtia use Samara Time ( UTC+4 ) instead of Moscow Time.

In Samara Time Zone with Samara Oblast , Ulyanovsk Oblast and Udmurtia UTC+4 is used.

In the past Moscow Time was used in the former European parts of the USSR :

In 1922-30 and 1991-92 EET was used in Moscow .


Moscow Summer Time


Like much of the rest of the world, during the summer, Moscow Time shifts an hour forward to become UTC+4 .

Since 1981 it has been used in the European section of former USSR :


Just as the city of Moscow used EET in 1991-1992, it used EEST in the summer of 1991. By the summer of 1992, the city and the region reverted back to Moscow Time.