Decree time

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The decree time was introduced by the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR on June 16, 1930 in order to make better use of the daylight.

The decree time is the time of the respective time zone advanced by one hour . That is, the same effect is achieved as with summer time . From 1981, in addition to the decree time, which applies all year round, summer time was applied in summer.

From 1982 to 1986 the decree period was abolished by the government of the USSR in 30 oblasts and autonomous republics of Russia as well as in the three Baltic republics. In 1990 Ukraine , Moldova , Georgia and Azerbaijan followed . In March 1991 it was abolished in the entire territory of the USSR.

On October 23, 1991, the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR decided to reinstate the decree period on the territory of Russia . This was announced on January 19, 1992 realized (except Astrakhan oblast , Volgograd oblast , Kirov Oblast , Novosibirsk Oblast , Samara Oblast , Saratov Oblast and Udmurtia ).

Due to further rearrangements of the time zones, some oblasts in Russia are now based on the decree time, others not. For more information, see the article Time zones in Russia .