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- WORLD, Page 37World NotesFORMER SOVIET UNIONRussian Time Warp
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- For decades the Kremlin kept all air and rail transport in
- the U.S.S.R. on "Moscow time." Trains and planes arrived in and
- departed from the farthest reaches of an empire that sprawled
- over 11 time zones as if everything took place in the capital.
- Last week decommu nized Moscow moved its clocks ahead one hour
- in a bid to save energy, but the other republics refused to
- follow. Result: mass confusion.
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- Trains leaving Moscow now reach neighboring republics one
- hour early, and then must wait until local time catches up.
- Trains headed for Russia depart one hour behind Moscow's clock
- and are expected to make up the difference upon crossing the
- border -- presumably by burning up the rails. Airliners
- traveling to Ukraine are reported to be arriving an hour before
- air-traffic controllers in Kiev expect them. There is little
- hope for relief until all the republics switch to daylight
- saving time next March.
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