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Until 2011, during the winter, between the last Sunday of October and the last Sunday of March, Moscow Standard Time (MSK, МСК) was three hours ahead of UTC, or UTC+03:00. In the summer, Moscow Time shifted forward an additional hour ahead of Moscow Standard Time to become Moscow Summer Time (MSD), making it UTC+04:00.
Now in our entire region the time differs from Moscow by two hours" [16]. After the 1957 reform, some regions in the European part of the RSFSR, located to the east of Moscow, officially remaining in the 3rd time zone, switched to Moscow time, thereby effectively abolishing the “decree hour” on all or part of their territory [14] [17] [18].
12 October – Four people are killed in an explosion at a gas station in Grozny, Chechnya. [182] 14 October – A court in Moscow sentences French researcher Laurent Vinatier to three years' imprisonment for breaking the foreign agents law. [183] 15 October – Three people are injured in a car bombing in Moscow. [184]
It is 12 hours ahead of UTC and 9 hours ahead of Moscow Time (MSK+9). This time zone is used in the two easternmost regions of Russia after October 2014 and was also used before the time zone reform of 2010. Kamchatka Summer Time (PETST) corresponded to UTC+13:00, but still 9 hours ahead of Moscow (MSD+9). This no longer exists as explained below.
The length of the hour hand is 2.97 m (9.7 ft), and of the minute hand 3.27 m (10.7 ft). The total weight of clock and bells is 25 tons. The mechanism is powered by 3 weights, weighing between 160 and 224 kilograms (353 and 494 lb). Accuracy is achieved by a pendulum weighing 32 kg (71 lb). Transfer from winter to summer time was done manually.
By sunrise on 4 October, the Russian army encircled the parliament building, and a few hours later army tanks began to shell the White House, punching holes in the front of it. [72] At 8:00 am Moscow time, Yeltsin's declaration was announced by his press service. Yeltsin declared:
On 29 March 2014, after annexation by Russia, Crimea switched from Eastern European Time to Moscow Time (UTC+04:00 then, subsequently changed to UTC+03:00). [citation needed] On 26 October 2014, the self-proclaimed proto-states of Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic also switched to Moscow Time. [7]
Kaliningrad Time is the time zone two hours ahead of UTC and one hour behind Moscow Time (MSK−1). It is used in Kaliningrad Oblast . Until 2011, Kaliningrad Time was identical to Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00; UTC+03:00 with daylight saving time ).