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  2. Date and time notation in Russia - Wikipedia

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    Until the final years of Peter the Great in the early 1720s, Russia used Cyrillic numerals to denote dates on coins. Thus, for example, СИ (208) denoted 7208 AM (which began on 1 September 1699 became a short year with only four months, running from 1 September 1699 through 31 December 1699 ( O.S. )) and ҂АѰ (1700) denoted AD 1700 OS ...

  3. Time in Russia - Wikipedia

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    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). [23]

  4. Moscow Time - Wikipedia

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    It has been set to UTC+03:00 without DST since 26 October 2014; [1] before that date it had been set to UTC+04:00 year-round on 27 March 2011. [ 2 ] Moscow Time is used to schedule trains, ships, etc. throughout Russia, but airplane travel is scheduled using local time.

  5. Soviet calendar - Wikipedia

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    The Soviet calendar was a modified Gregorian calendar that was used in Soviet Russia between 1918 and 1940. Several variations were used during that time. The Gregorian calendar, under the name "Western European calendar", was implemented in Soviet Russia in February 1918 by dropping the Julian dates of 1–13 February 1918.

  6. Public holidays in Russia - Wikipedia

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    The event was marked by a public holiday which was held in Russia on 22 October from 1649 till 1917. Its name alludes to the idea that all the classes of Russian society willingly united to preserve Russian statehood when its demise seemed inevitable, even though there was neither a Tsar nor Patriarch to guide them.

  7. Public holidays in the Soviet Union - Wikipedia

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    Date English name Russian name Notes 1 January: New Year's Day: Russian: Новый год Most of the traditions that were originally associated with Christmas in Russia, such as Father Frost and decorated fir-trees, have been moved to New Year's Day since the October Revolution, arguably making New Year's Day the largest celebration in the Soviet Union and modern Russia.

  8. Vladivostok Time - Wikipedia

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    It is ten hours ahead of UTC and seven hours ahead of Moscow Time (MSK+7). On 27 March 2011, Russia moved to year-round daylight saving time . Instead of switching between UTC+10:00 in winter and UTC+11:00 in summer, Vladivostok Time became fixed at UTC+11:00 until 2014, when it was reset back to UTC+10:00 year-round.

  9. Timeline of Russian history - Wikipedia

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    Operation Uranus: The German Sixth Army was surrounded. 1943: 12 January: Operation Spark (1943): The Soviet army launched a military offensive to break the Siege of Leningrad. 18 January: Operation Spark (1943): The meeting of the Leningrad and Volkhov Front units opened a land corridor to Leningrad. 2 February