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== History == Until the [[October Revolution]], the official time in Moscow corresponded to GMT+02:30:17 (according to the longitude of the Astronomical Observatory of [[Moscow State University]]). In 1919 the [[Vladimir Lenin's Cabinet|Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR]] introduced the system of time zones in the country, and Moscow was assigned to the second administrative time zone, equal to GMT+02:00. Other zones east of the 37.5Β° meridian to [[Arkhangelsk]], [[Vologda]], [[Yaroslavl]], [[Kostroma]], [[Ivanovo]], [[Vladimir, Russia|Vladimir]], [[Ryazan]], [[Tula, Russia|Tula]], [[Lipetsk]], [[Voronezh]] and [[Rostov-on-Don]] were also included in the second belt. In accordance with the 16 June 1930 Decree of the [[Sovnarkom|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 [[Universal Time]].{{citation needed|date=March 2011}} Until 2011, during the winter, between the last Sunday of October and the last Sunday of March, ''Moscow Standard Time (MSK, ΠΠ‘Π)'' 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. In 2011, the Russian government proclaimed that [[daylight saving time]] would be observed all year round, thus effectively displacing [[standard time]] β claiming health concerns attributed to the annual shift to-and-fro DST.<ref name=mskAbolished /> On 27 March 2011, Muscovites set their clocks forward for a final time, effectively observing MSD, or UTC+04:00, permanently. On 29 March 2014, after the [[annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation]], the [[Republic of Crimea (Russia)|Republic of Crimea]] and the city of [[Sevastopol]] β two [[federal subjects of Russia|federal subjects established by Russia]] on the [[Crimean Peninsula]] β switched their time to MSK on 30 March 2014 (from UTC+02:00 with DST to UTC+04:00 with permanent DST). On 1 July 2014, the State Duma passed a bill partially repealing the 2011 change, removing permanent DST and putting Moscow Time from 26 October 2014 on permanent UTC+03:00 and thus back to standard time.
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