Samara Time (SAMT) is the

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four hours ahead of

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(

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) and 1 hour ahead of

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(MSK+1). Samara Time is used in

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, and

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History

Until a reform on 28 March 2010, Samara Time was

in winter and Samara Summer Time (SAMST) was

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in summer. From that date, Samara Time was abolished with the two regions effectively joining

Moscow Summer Time Moscow Time (MSK; ) is the time zone for the city of Moscow, Russia, and most of western Russia, including Saint Petersburg. It is the second-westernmost of the eleven time in Russia, time zones of Russia, after the non-continguous Kaliningrad ...

. In March 2011, Moscow time was moved forward to UTC+04:00 year-round, and Samara Time was reinstated on 26 October 2014, when Moscow time moved back one hour to UTC+03:00 year-round and Samara Oblast and Udmurtia remained on UTC+04:00. On 27 March 2016,

and

switched to Samara Time by moving the clock 1 hour forwards from Moscow time. On 4 December 2016,

also switched to Samara Time by moving forward 1 hour from Moscow time. On 28 October 2018,

Volgograd Oblast Volgograd Oblast ( rus, Волгоградская область, p=vəɫɡɐˈgratskəjə ˈobɫəsʲtʲ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (an oblast) of Russia, located in the Volga region, lower Volga region of Southern Russia ...

also switched to Samara Time by moving forward 1 hour from Moscow time, but this change was reverted on 27 December 2020.Federal law of 22 December 2020 no. 432-FZ "On amendments to article 5 of federal law 'On the calculation of time'"
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References

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