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<text id=92TT0226>
<title>
Feb. 03, 1992: World Notes:Former Soviet Union
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
Feb. 03, 1992 The Fraying Of America
</history>
<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
WORLD, Page 37
World Notes
FORMER SOVIET UNION
Russian Time Warp
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<p> 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 decommunized Moscow moved its clocks ahead one hour
in a bid to save energy, but the other republics refused to
follow. Result: mass confusion.
</p>
<p> 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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</body></article>
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