Places where they celebrate the new year first. Where and who in Russia is the first to celebrate the new year, interesting facts

When we still have the last feverish preparations for the New Year, some inhabitants of the Earth have not only met it and had a good time, but by this time they even managed to relax and sleep. For there are places in the world where the New Year is celebrated much earlier than ours. In our photo gallery we present those places where the New Year is celebrated first on our planet.

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1. Traditionally, the first to meet the New Year 2015 in Kiribati. And more specifically, on the Linear Islands, which are located to the east than the other islands of this country. In 1994, one of the presidential candidates promised the citizens that if he won the elections, he would make sure that Kiribati would be the first to celebrate the New Year in the whole world. He won and kept his word: he moved the demarcation line of time (a conditional line on a map of time zones). Since that time, Kiribati has been divided into three time zones, and in the easternmost of them, midnight comes 14 hours earlier than in London. (Photo: DS355/flickr.com).
2. In the same time zone as Kiribati, Tokelau is located, which includes a group of islands consisting of three coral atolls: Atafu, Nukunono and Fakaofo. This dependent territory from New Zealand. The time zone change here happened quite recently, in 2011, and main reason this was the problem of interaction in contacts with New Zealand, since used to be an island was on the other side of the demarcation time line. (Photo: Haanee Naeem/flickr.com).
3. An hour later, the New Year will be celebrated by the inhabitants of Samoa. In 2011, there was also a change of time zone, the date of December 30, 2011 was absent in the Samoan calendar. This was done to better interact and develop cooperation with Australia and New Zealand. Interestingly, the previous time zone change was carried out in 1892 in order to adjust the time to California. (Photo: Savai'i Island/flickr.com).
4. At the same time as in Samoa, the people of Tonga, an island located one third of the way between New Zealand and Hawaii, south of Samoa, will celebrate the New Year. (Photo: pintxomoruno/flickr.com).
5. The next to celebrate the New Year are the inhabitants of the Chatam Islands. This small archipelago, which consists of two inhabited islands- Chatham and Pitt. Other small islands have the status of reservations and are generally inaccessible to both residents of the islands and tourists. Interestingly, Chatham Island has its own time zone, which is 45 minutes (less) different from New Zealand time. (Photo: Phil Pledger/flickr.com).
6. After the inhabitants of the Chatam Islands, the next New Year 2015 will be celebrated in New Zealand. (Photo: Philipp Klinger Photography/flickr.com).
7. At the same time as in New Zealand, they will celebrate the New Year in Fiji. This is a state that is located on 322 islands and islets volcanic origin, surrounded by coral reefs, of which only 110 islands are inhabited. (Photo: brad/flickr.com).
8. The first mainland state whose inhabitants will celebrate the New Year 2015 (simultaneously with the inhabitants of New Zealand and Fiji) is Russia, or rather, the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, located in the southeastern part of the volcanic Kamchatka Peninsula. (Photo: Jasja/flickr.com).
9. In the same time zone as Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, there are numerous small islands and archipelagos in the Pacific Ocean: Tuvalu, Nauru, Wallis and Futuna, Wake and Marshall Islands. Photo: Nauru island. (Photo: Hadi Zaher/flickr.com).
10. We travel further and move to the west. The next New Year will be celebrated by the inhabitants of New Caledonia - French overseas territory located in the western part Pacific Ocean, in Melanesia, about 1,400 kilometers east of Australia and 1,500 kilometers northwest of New Zealand. (Photo: Tonton des Iles-Bye bye Everyone/flickr.com).

Countries celebrating the New Year at the same time as New Caledonia are: Vanuatu, Federated States Micronesia and the Solomon Islands.

Probably, this question worried a lot of people. And, indeed, it is very interesting, because all of humanity lives in different time zones. Let's try to satisfy our curiosity and find the answer to this question.

0.15 - the first to start the celebration are the inhabitants of Chatham Island, which is located in New Zealand. This island is remote from the other islands of New Zealand and is located in a special time zone.

1.00 - after that, the baton is taken over by the inhabitants of New Zealand (Ocleand, Wellington, etc.), as well as the polar explorers of the Southern Belt in Antarctica.

2.00 - next - residents eastern edge Russia (Kamchatka, Anadyr), some Pacific islands (Tuvalu, Nauru) and the Fiji Islands.

2.30 - about. Norfolk is located in Australia

3.00 - part of the eastern part of Australia (Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney), some islands of the Pacific Ocean (Solomon, Micronesia, Vanuatu).

3.30 - holiday in South Australia

4.00 - Brisbane (one of the states of Australia), Vladivostok, Mariana Islands, Papua New Guinea.

4.30 - Darwin

5.00 - Korea with Japan

Learned, who is the first to celebrate the new year? Now you can find out information about the features of the celebration.

Japanese New Year is celebrated on January 1st. Residents of the country will certainly see off old year. This celebration includes visiting restaurants and organizing receptions. At the beginning of the holiday, the Japanese constantly smile, because they believe that it is the smile that brings good luck. At the same time, it is customary to visit the temple, where 108 strokes of the bell are beaten. Every blow takes away all the bad. New Year's accessories such as rakes are very popular. Yes, in this country - this is a real amulet for happiness. Every Japanese in without fail acquires them on the eve of the celebration, because it is with a rake that they will rake in happiness. Kumade (bamboo rakes) are made from 10 cm to one and a half meters in size, decorated with rich painting. In a conspicuous place in the house, rice cakes are placed on which tangerines, a symbol of longevity, health and happiness, are placed.

6.00 - China, the remaining Australian territories and partly Southeast Asia.

In China new year celebrations fall on the period from January 17 to February 19. The most exciting part of the festivities is the street processions. Thousands of lanterns are lit during the processions. The Chinese scare away evil spirits with firecrackers and firecrackers. Sometimes they also cover doors and windows with paper, which also prevents evil spirits from entering the house. Chinese New Year is a purely family holiday, so all residents strive to spend it in their family circle. On the last day, the whole family gathers at the table to enjoy a festive dinner. At the same time, they ask each other for forgiveness.

7.00 - Southeast Asia, Indonesia

7.30 - celebration in Manyama

8.00 - part of Russia (Omsk, Novosibirsk), Sri Lanka, Bangladesh

8.15 - in Nepal

8.30 - in India

Indian New Year celebrations are different. In the northern part of the country, residents decorate their costumes with colors of white, purple, red and pink. In another part, the festivities are considered open, here they hit a paper snake with a hot arrow. But the mothers of South India put small gifts and sweets on special trays, and in the morning they bring their children to them, after blindfolding them.

9.00 - Ufa, Yekaterinburg, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan

9.30 - festivities in Afghanistan

10.00 - Indian Ocean Islands, Samara, Azerbaijan, Armenia

10.30 - in Iran

11.00 - some parts of Russia, Africa, and East Asia

12.00 - Ukraine, Greece, Romania, Israel, Turkey, Finland

Greek New Year's celebration is the day of St. Vasily. This saint was famous for his kindness. The children of this country leave old shoes by the fireplace because they hope that Vasily will fill them with gifts at night. In Italy, after the chiming clock, they try to get rid of all unnecessary things as quickly as possible. Here it is believed that water is a source of happiness, so on festive mornings they try to bring it home first.

Who is the first to celebrate the New Year:

13.00 - Central, Western Europe, part of Africa

14.00 - Greenwich, Portugal, UK

15.00 - Azores

16.00 - in Brazil

17.00 - partial territory South America

17.30 - Canada, Newfoundland

18.00 - Islands Caribbean, eastern Canada

19.00 - Ottawa, New York, Washington

20.00 - Houston, Chicago, Mexico, most of Latin American countries

21.00 - Calgary, Edmonton, Phoenix, Denver

22.00 - Western parts of Canada (Vancouver), San Francisco, Los Angeles

23.00 - Marquesas Islands

24.00 - Cook Islands, Tahiti, Hawaiian Islands

25.00 - Samoans are the last to meet New Year's Eve

Well, you found out who is the first to celebrate the new year. In addition, we tried to tell you about what features of the celebration exist in different territories of the globe.

Time zones in Russia are established by the Federal Law, adopted in the fall of 2014. Prior to its approval, there were 9 zones, today there are 11. According to international numbering, they are in the range from 2 to 12. Moscow time (hereinafter referred to as MSK) refers to the third time zone. The changes were adopted at the legislative level so that each subject of the Russian Federation belongs to one zone. The exception is Yakutia (three time zones). So who in Russia is the first to celebrate the New Year?

Uelen, Chukchi village

Earth divided into two hemispheres: Western and Eastern. The line along which the border passes is the 180th meridian. It is established by international agreement that a new day begins here. The 180th meridian passes through the water basin and crosses the land only twice - the Fiji Islands and the Chukchi Peninsula. That is why every Russian schoolchild knows that in our country the day begins with Chukotka. It originates at the point of the 180th meridian, the border of which is from the territory Bering Strait conditionally transferred to land. In which villages does morning come first? "Border of the day" - these are the easternmost settlements of Uelen and Naukan.

Here lies the answer to the question of who in Russia is the first to celebrate the New Year. For those who are in the MSK + 9 time zone, it arrives at 15:00 Moscow time. Nearby is the easternmost settlement of our country - the village of Uelen, where about 650 people live. It stretches along the pebble strip that separates the lagoon from the Chukchi Sea, and is located at the very foot of the hill, the slope of which is visible at any time because of the black hillocks on them. The inhabitants of the village are Eskimos, Chukchi and Russians, who are engaged in fishing and sea hunting. It is curious that Yu. S. Rytkheu was once born in this small settlement, famous writer.

Township of Naunkan

In fact, the easternmost village was Naunkan. Founded presumably in the XIV century, the village was located directly on Cape Dezhnev. When asked where the New Year was celebrated first in Russia, until 1958 they always answered: "In Naunkan."

But it was 1958 that was the last year in the life of the inhabitants of the village. It was abolished by resettling 400 people across the territory of the Autonomous Okrug. Now only a few monuments have survived on the cape in the place where one of Dezhnev's koches once crashed. May the memory of the most famous natives of the village be preserved, among them the famous engraver Khukhutan and the poetess Z.N. Nenlyumkin.

Together with Chukotka, the capital of the ChAO, Anadyr, is the first to meet Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden. The most northeastern city Russian Federation located on the banks of the river of the same name. It was founded as an outpost in 1889 and was called Novo-Mariinsk. Already in the 1930s it became administrative center district, and in 1965 acquired the status of a city. Today, its population exceeds 15 thousand people, Russians, Chukchi and Eskimos predominate. By the way, locals they call the capital of the ChAO Kagyrgym, which in translation from the Chukchi means "mouth", or Vyen ("entrance"). The city is really located in a small neck, from where the path to the upper part of the estuary opens.

Residents of the city, living in permafrost conditions, call the rest of Russia the mainland, emphasizing their remoteness. The distance to the capital of the Russian Federation is more than 6,100 km. Residential houses built on piles are painted in bright colors, which looks quite impressive against the background of the gray tundra. The facades are decorated with drawings of animals, people, shaman tambourines. There is practically no unemployment in the city. In addition to reindeer breeding, hunting and fishing, residents mine coal and gold, work at a fish factory and the largest wind farm - the Anadyr WPP. So, which city in Russia will be the first to celebrate the New Year? Definitely Anadyr. But it is not the only one located in the MSK+9 time zone.

Other cities in ChAO

Two more cities are located in autonomous region, where its inhabitants are the first to celebrate the New Year in Russia. These are Bilibino and Pevek. The first one has had the status of a city since 1993 and is located even further from the capital of the Russian Federation - at a distance of 6500 km. Previously, it was called Karalvaam - after the name of the river on the banks of which it is located. The town was founded in connection with the discovery by geologists of a placer gold deposit and is now considered one of the most expensive cities in the country. On this moment its population exceeds 6.3 thousand people.

Answering the question about which city in Russia will be the first to celebrate the New Year, it should be said about the northernmost - Pevek, founded in 1933. It received its current status in 1967. Its population is 4.5 thousand people. This is an important port located on the shore of the strait that connects the East Siberian Sea and the Chaun Bay. At one time, tin deposits were discovered on its territory and two ITC institutions were founded. Today Pevek is one of the gold mining regions. However, after the closure of the tin mines in the 90s, the population of the city began to decline sharply due to employment problems. By the way, during the meeting of the New Year, the polar night reigns in the city, lasting until January 16th.

The main city of Kamchatka

In the time zone MSK + 9 is located and Kamchatka Krai. Capital administrative district- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. This is the answer to the question of which city in Russia celebrates the New Year first. Almost 180.5 thousand residents of the capital of the region raise their glasses with champagne before others in Russia. Among them, about 80% are Russians, a little more than 3.5% are Ukrainians. Other nationalities make up less than 1%. Among them are Tatars, Azerbaijanis, Belarusians, Koryaks, Chuvashs and others.

The city is located in the southeast of the peninsula, on the hills, on the very shore of the Avacha Bay. There are four volcanoes in the visibility zone, two of them are active. Kamchatka (especially East Coast) is a seismic place, so most buildings are built with five floors. IN Lately skyscrapers are also appearing that can withstand an earthquake of 10 points. The peculiarity of the peninsula is that there are no overland communications with the mainland. To get to Vladivostok, for example, you can only by plane or boat.

Who in Russia is the first to celebrate the New Year: Kamchatka Territory

There are two more cities of regional subordination in Kamchatka - Vilyuchinsk and Yelizovo. The first is ZATO. It is formed by the confluence of workers' settlements where they were once built Shipyard Navy and nuclear submarine base. The city is named after extinct volcano which is a natural monument. Year of foundation - 1968. The population is just over 22 thousand people.

To the question of who in Russia is the first to meet, it will be correct to answer: Yelizovo. Located 32 km from this city with 38 thousand people, it occupies the banks of the Avacha River. Here in the middle of the 19th century there was a settlement renamed in honor of G. M. Elizov, the commander of a partisan detachment who died in 1922. The village received city status in 1975. Its inhabitants live by catching fish and processing it.

So, we have sorted out the inhabitants of which regions are the first to celebrate the New Year. An hour later, Magadan, Sakhalin Island and the east of Yakutia take the baton.

The history of manned space flights spans more than half a century. In the news and television programs, we are told about preparations for flights, the launches themselves, and scientific space programs. And there is always little and sparing talk about who encounters spaceships on earth first.

At the same time, the life of cosmonauts very often depends on their professional and operational actions. The joy of returning to earth from a risky journey can be overshadowed by no less trials than in space itself, and the need to fight for life. Immediately find the landed cosmonauts, provide them with technical assistance and moral support and deliver them to places where specialists will work with them - these are the tasks of the helicopter regiment, which at the beginning of the space age was based in the city of Troitsk Chelyabinsk region. Today, one squadron of spacecraft search engines has settled in the same place, in the Chelyabinsk region, in the city of Yuzhno-Uralsk, the other two are located in Kamensk-Uralsky, Sverdlovsk region.

How do helicopter pilots meet spaceships? 5-6 days before the arrival of the cosmonauts, the crews of 12 helicopters are sent to Kazakhstan to a possible place of their landing: in Arkalyk, Karaganda or Dzhezkazgan. The search helicopter unit is armed with two models: the Mi-8 searches for the landed ship and delivers specialists to it, and the 20-ton Mi-26 transports the heavy equipment necessary for rescue work. He can lift a load comparable to his own weight. This model is used to transport tankers, all-terrain vehicles and other large equipment.

24 hours before the separation of the descent vehicle, helicopters patrol along the entire proposed path of the ship. The mission control center controls the flight until entry into the atmosphere, then the navigators take the descent vehicle under their care. They determine the coordinates of the landing site. But no matter how carefully they are calculated in advance, the ship can land within a radius of 500 kilometers from the intended point. When the spacecraft approaches the Earth at a distance of 6,000 meters, communication is established with the astronauts. If good weather, at a mark of about 3,000 meters, a parachute is already visible, and helicopters calmly and in advance rise into the air. All stages of meeting and escorting the ship are constantly being improved. The exercises, in which all search techniques are practiced, usually take place at the Uprun airbase in the Uvelsky district of the Chelyabinsk region.

Almost everything in the Russian space program is exclusive. The search and rescue all-terrain vehicle, created back in the 1970s, still has no analogues. Thanks to the blue color and the crane's arrow, among the rescuers, he received the romantic name "Blue Bird". This machine is capable of taking the spacecraft capsule out of any rough terrain and the most inaccessible area. The vehicle can accommodate three cosmonauts, the crew of the all-terrain vehicle, and there are places for doctors.

Participants in spacecraft search operations can tell a lot of exciting stories worthy of bright articles and action-packed feature films!

The story of the Soyuz-23 crew will remain in the memory of rescuers and cosmonauts as the most risky and extraordinary. The ship was piloted by Vyacheslav Zudov and Valery Rozhdestvensky. The ship landed on October 16, 1976. However, it could be called a landing conditionally. It fell at night into the saline lake Tengiz in Kazakhstan. The pond was covered with a mixture of wet snow and ice. The locals call it suga. It was impossible for rescue equipment to move on such a surface! It was also impossible to use helicopters: the situation was complicated by the dark time of the day, clouds and fog. Despite this, the crew of one helicopter managed to land on the shore, and its commander, Nikolai Chernavsky, managed to get to the capsule, dangling on the surface of the lake, in a rubber boat. He supported the astronauts inside, not only morally. Nikolai had to free the ventilation holes from the ice that had accumulated in them. By this he saved the space crew from air shortage.

Another memorable landing occurred in 1999 with the Soyuz TM-29, which was piloted by an international crew consisting of commander Viktor Afanasiev, flight engineer Jean-Pierre Haignere and cosmonaut-researcher Sergei Avdeev. When landing near the city of Arkalyk, the spacecraft caught fire, because when passing through dense layers of the atmosphere, its outer shell became very hot and the capsule ignited dry grass. There was a danger of poisoning the astronauts with combustion products, and then the search and rescue team quickly worked.

An equally dramatic episode is the landing of the Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft on April 19, 2008. It was also piloted by an international crew of Commander Yuri Malenchenko and two women: NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson and the first female astronaut South Korea Lee So Yeon. The spacecraft was returning from the ISS and was moving in the lower atmosphere in the uncontrolled descent mode. As a result, 425 km did not reach the landing point, and in the absence of rescuers, the cosmonauts themselves got out of the ship and put out the fire that broke out during the landing.

The story of the landing of the crew consisting of Alexei Leonov and Pavel Belyaev, which became an episode of the Russian movie hit "Time of the First", requires that the real picture of the rescue be restored. According to navigator Vladimir Khomkolov, who served in a helicopter regiment on Southern Urals and taking part in rescue operation, the capsule with the astronauts really landed in the Permian taiga, and not in Kurgan region as planned. But the landing site was found within a few hours. The main difficulty was to quickly provide the astronauts with warm clothes and food and get them out of the taiga. The first who met them on the ground were the foresters sent by the command. They helped light the fire, keep warm, delivered food. Warm flight suits were dropped from the plane for the astronauts, and a thermos with coveted borscht, which the conquerors of outer space terribly missed, flew to them from the sky. And it does not matter that the thermos hit the stump and half of the contents spilled. However, to warm and feed the astronauts was half the battle! The main problem was how to take them out! There was an idea to transfer them through the air inside the capsule of the spacecraft, attaching it to the helicopter with a cable. But this idea was abandoned due to the risk of collision with trees. It ended with the fact that Leonov and Belyaev left the place of landing on skis together with the foresters sent to them. A 3-kilometer-long ski track was specially rolled up by local residents for this occasion, and the foresters cut down a large plot necessary for the landing of a helicopter, which took the heroes of space from the Perm taiga on March 21, 1965.

As for the ship, its evacuation was led by the squadron commander, Lieutenant Colonel Kobzar. The two-ton balloon was attached to a Mi-6 helicopter with a 40-meter cable and lifted into the air. The whole district watched the unique operation. People, most likely, did not really understand that they had witnessed the completion of an extraordinary space operation.

One of the most joyful holidays is approaching - the New Year. Where on the planet will meet the New Year 2010 first?

- Time zone UTC+14 - Kiritimati Islands, Kiribas

The first territory to celebrate the New Year will be the Christmas Islands (Christmas isl.), the chain of islands of Kiritimati (Kiritimati), the state of Kiribati (Kiribati-pronounced as Kiribas).

The state of Kiribas (also called the Gilbert Islands) is located in the central part of the Pacific Ocean and stretches from the eastern to the western hemisphere.

Until 2004, the Date Change Line - approximately passing along the 180th meridian - divided the state of Kiribas (Kiribati) into 2 different dates, when the islands in the western part of the state were ahead of the time of the eastern part by 24 hours.

In 2005, the government of Kiribas (Kiribati) decided to move the International Date Line several thousand kilometers to the east, thereby collecting all of its 3 time zones on one side of the Date Line (approximately as East End Chukotka, located in the Western Hemisphere).

After such a decision, eastern islands Kiribati (Kiribati) moved from the time zones of the Western Hemisphere GMT-10 and GMT-11 (the "-" sign indicates the time behind Greenwich Mean Time by 10 and 11 hours) to the new time zones - GMT + 13 and GMT + 14 ("+" means time is 13 and 14 hours ahead of GMT).

Previously, all territories located in the region of the 180th meridian (Chukotka, New Zealand, Fiji) could be conditionally considered the first to celebrate the New Year.

IN modern world the use of Daylight Saving Time and the shift of the Kiribas State Date Line - the arrangement of the clock hands on New Year's Eve has changed slightly.

So, when the Christmas Islands (Christmas isl.) will celebrate the New Year 2010, the time in Kamchatka and Chukotka will be 22 hours (December 31), the time in Vladivostok will be 20 hours, in Moscow - 13 hours, in London (Greenwich) - 10 hours on the morning of December 31st. It is not difficult to add 14 hours difference from the Christmas Islands (Christmas isl.) to 10 o'clock in the morning in Greenwich time - to get midnight - New Year's Eve in Kiritimati (Kiritimati).

- Time zone UTC+13:45 - Chatham Islands, New Zealand

15 minutes after the arrival of the New Year on the islands of Kiritimati (Kiritimati) - the second in line for the celebration of the New Year will be the islands of Chatham, New Zealand. These islands are 12h45 minutes ahead of Greenwich Mean Time. Taking into account summer time in the southern hemisphere, they are 13h45 ahead of Greenwich Mean Time at the time of the meeting of the New Year 2010.

- Time zone UTC + 13 - New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga, Phoenix Islands

In third place on the arrival of the New Year (or with a difference of 13 hours from Greenwich time) are New Zealand (taking into account summer time), Fiji ( summer time), the island of Tonga (all year round 13 hours ahead of Greenwich) and the island of Phoenix, the already mentioned state of Kiribas (Kiribati).

So, when there is a meeting of the New Year in Wellington, the time in Kamchatka and Chukotka will be 23 hours, in Magadan - 22 hours, in Vladivostok and Sakhalin - 21 hours, in Moscow - 14 hours, in London - 11 am, in NY e- 6:00 am, in Los Angeles - 3:00 am December 31st.

NEW YEAR COMES TO RUSSIA

— Russia time zone MSK +9 (UTC+12) — Kamchatka, Chukotka

The fourth place (or with a difference of 12 hours from GMT) for the celebration of the New Year 2010 falls on Chukotka and Kamchatka, the islands of Nauru, Tuvalu, the Marshall Islands, and the last is the third time zone of the state of Kiribas (Kiribati) - with the capital Tarawa.

When there will be a meeting of the New Year in Anadyr and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the time will be 11 pm in Magadan, 10 pm in Vladivostok and Sakhalin, 3 pm in Moscow, 12 am in London, 7 am in New York, 4 am in Los Angeles, in Hawaii - 2:00 am on December 31st.

Residents of Honolulu (Hawaii) will celebrate the New Year 22 hours later than the residents of Chukotka and Kamchatka. Next, the New Year will come to Norfolk Island (Australia) - which is 30 minutes ahead of Sydney time.

— Russia time zone MSK +8 (UTC+11) — Magadan

New Year in Magadan coincides with New Year on Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and the main Australian cities - Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Hobart (these cities are in summer time).

When Magadan celebrates the New Year, the time in Vladivostok and Sakhalin will be 11 p.m., in Moscow - 4 p.m., in London - 1 p.m., in New York - 8 a.m., in Los Angeles - 5 a.m., in Hawaii - 3 a.m. on December 31.

— Russia time zone MSK +7 (UTC+10) — Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, Sakhalin

New Year in Vladivostok, Sakhalin and Khabarovsk coincides with New Year in Guam, Papua New Guinea, and the Australian cities of Brisbane, Cairns (these cities do not use summer time).

When Vladivostok celebrates the New Year, the time in Tokyo will be 23:00, in Moscow - 17:00, in London - 14:00, in New York - 9:00 am, in Los Angeles - 6:00 am, in Hawaii - 4:00 am on December 31st.

— Russia time zone MSK +6 (UTC+9) — Chita, Yakutsk, Blagoveshchensk

New Year in Chita, Yakutsk coincides with New Year in Japan, Korea, Palau, and the Australian city of Perth (does not use summer time).

When Chita and Yakutsk will celebrate the New Year, the time in Beijing will be 11 pm, in Moscow - 6 pm, in London - 3 pm, in New York - 10 am, in Los Angeles - 7 am, in Hawaii - 5 am on December 31.

— Russia time zone MSK +5 (UTC+8) — Irkutsk, Ulan-Ude

The New Year in Irkutsk and Ulan-Ude coincides with the New Year in China, Singapore, Mongolia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Bali (Indonesia).

When Irkutsk and Ulan-Ude will celebrate the New Year, the time in Moscow will be 19:00, in London - 16:00, in New York - 11:00 in the morning, in Los Angeles - 8:00 in the morning, in Hawaii - 6:00 in the morning on December 31.

In the Kiritimati Islands it will already be 6 am on January 1, 2010, and in New Zealand it will be 5 am on January 1, 2010.

— Russia time zone MSK +4 (UTC+7) — Krasnoyarsk, Kemerovo, Kyzyl

New Year in Krasnoyarsk and Kemerovo coincides with New Year in Thailand, Laos, Vietnam.

When Krasnoyarsk celebrates the New Year, the time in Moscow will be 20:00, in London - 17:00, in New York - 12:00 in the afternoon, in Los Angeles - 9:00 in the morning, in Hawaii - 7:00 in the morning on December 31.

In the Kiritimati Islands it will already be 7 am on January 1, 2010, and in New Zealand it will be 6 am on January 1, 2010.

— Russia time zone MSK +3 (UTC+6) — Novosibirsk, Omsk, Tomsk, Barnaul

New Year in Novosibirsk and Omsk coincides with New Year on the islands of Diego Garcia ( Indian Ocean), Bhutan, Astana.

When Novosibirsk and Omsk will celebrate the New Year, the time in Moscow will be 21:00, in London - 18:00, in New York - 13:00, in Los Angeles - 10:00 in the morning, in Hawaii - 8:00 in the morning on December 31.

In the Kiritimati Islands it will already be 8 am January 1, 2010, in New Zealand - 7 am January 1, 2010, in Sydney - 5 am January 1, 2010.

When the New Year will be celebrated in Kathmandu, the time in New Zealand will be 7:15 a.m. on January 1, in Vladivostok it will be 4:15 a.m., in Beijing - 2:15 a.m., Moscow will be 21:15 a.m., Los Angeles - 10:15 am, Hawaii - 8:15 am December 31st.

After Nepal, the New Year will come to India and Sri Lanka, which are 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Greenwich Mean Time.

When the New Year will be celebrated in Delhi and Mumbai, the time in New Zealand will be 7:30 on January 1, in Vladivostok it will be 4:30 in the morning, in Beijing - 2:30 on January 1, in Moscow it will be 21:30 on December 31, in London - 18:30, in New York - 13:30 in Los Angeles - 10:30 in the morning, in Hawaii - 8:30 in the morning on December 31.

— Russia time zone MSK +2 (UTC+5) — Yekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk, Perm, Tyumen, Ufa

New Year in Yekaterinburg and Chelyabinsk coincides with New Year in the Maldives, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Pakistan.

When Yekaterinburg and Chelyabinsk will celebrate the New Year, the time in Moscow will be 22:00, in London - 19:00, in New York - 14:00, in Los Angeles - 11:00 in the morning, in Hawaii - 9:00 in the morning on December 31.

On the islands of Kiritimati (Kiritimati) it will already be 9 am on January 1, 2010, in New Zealand - 8 am on January 1, 2010, in Kamchatka and Chukotka - 7 am on January 1, 2010.

— Russia time zone MSK +1 (UTC+4) — Izhevsk, Samara, Tolyatti

New Year in Izhevsk and Samara coincides with New Year in Dubai, Seychelles, about. Mauritius.

When Izhevsk and Samara will celebrate the New Year, the time in Moscow will be 23:00, in London - 20:00, in New York - 15:00, in Los Angeles - 12:00 in the afternoon, in Hawaii - 10:00 in the morning on December 31st.

On the islands of Kiritimati (Kiritimati) it will already be 10 am on January 1, 2010, in New Zealand - 9 am on January 1, 2010, in Kamchatka and Chukotka - 8 am on January 1, 2010.

— Russia time zone MSK (UTC+3) — Moscow, St. Petersburg

New Year in Moscow and St. Petersburg coincides with New Year in Kenya, Tanzania, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Qatar, Madagascar.

When Moscow and St. Petersburg will celebrate the New Year, the time in London will be 21:00, in New York - 16:00, in Los Angeles - 13:00, in Hawaii - 11:00 in the morning on December 31st.

On the Kiritimati Islands it will already be 11 am January 1, 2010, in New Zealand - 10 am January 1, 2010, in Kamchatka and Chukotka - 9 am January 1, 2010, in Sydney - 8 am January 1, 2010, in Vladivostok - 7 am 1 January 2010.

— Russia time zone MSK -1 (UTC+2) — Kaliningrad

New Year in Kaliningrad coincides with New Year in Ukraine and the Republic of Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Greece, Syria, Israel, Turkey, South Africa, Zambia, Malawi, Namibia (summer time).

When Kaliningrad celebrates the New Year, the time in London will be 22:00, in New York - 17:00, in Los Angeles - 14:00, in Hawaii - 12:00 on December 31st.

On the islands of Kiritimati (Kiritimati) it will already be 12 noon on January 1, 2010, in New Zealand - 11 am on January 1, 2010, in Kamchatka and Chukotka - 10 am on January 1, 2010, in Sydney - 9 am on January 1, 2010, in Vladivostok - 8 am 1 January 2010.

- UTC + 1 time zone - France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Norway

When Paris and Rome celebrate the New Year, the time in London will be 11 p.m., in New York - 6 p.m., in Los Angeles - 3 p.m., in Hawaii - 1 p.m. on December 31st.

On the islands of Kiritimati (Kiritimati) it will already be 13:00 on January 1, 2010, in New Zealand - 12:00 on January 1, 2010, in Kamchatka and Chukotka - 11:00 in the morning on January 1, 2010, in Sydney - 10:00 in the morning on January 1, 2010, in Vladivostok - 9:00 in the morning on January 1 2010.

- UTC time zone - United Kingdom, Iceland, Portugal, Canary Islands.

When London and Lisbon will celebrate the New Year, the time in New York will be 19:00, in Los Angeles - 16:00, in Hawaii - 14:00 on December 31st.

On the islands of Kiritimati (Kiritimati) it will already be 14:00 on January 1, 2010, in New Zealand - 13:00 on January 1, 2010, in Kamchatka and Chukotka - 12:00 on January 1, 2010, in Sydney - 11:00 in the morning on January 1, 2010, in Vladivostok - 10:00 in the morning on January 1, 2010 .

Next, the New Year will come to the islands of Cape Verde and Azores (UTC-1), which are 1 hour behind Greenwich Mean Time; in the Brazilian cities of Rio de Janeiro and San Raulo (UTC-2) - 2 hours behind GMT, Chile and Argentina (UTC-3) - 3 hours behind GMT; O. Newfoundland (Canada), which is 3h30 behind Greenwich Mean Time (UTC-3:30); Halifax (Canada), Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico (UTC-4); Venezuela - which is 4h30 behind Greenwich Mean Time (UTC-4:30);

- Time zone UTC-5 - New York, Cuba, Panama

When New York and Havana will celebrate the New Year, the time in Los Angeles will be 21:00, in Hawaii - 19:00 on December 31st.

On the islands of Kiritimati (Kiritimati) it will already be 19:00 January 1, 2010, in New Zealand - 18:00 January 1, 2010, in Kamchatka and Chukotka - 17:00 January 1, 2010, in Sydney - 16:00 January 1, 2010, in Vladivostok - 15:00 January 1, 2010, in Moscow - 8 am January 1, 2010, in London - 5 am January 1, 2010.

- Time zone UTC-6 - Chicago, Houston, Mexico City

When Chicago and Houston will celebrate the New Year, the time in Los Angeles will be 22:00, in Hawaii - 20:00 on December 31st.

On the islands of Kiritimati (Kiritimati) it will already be 20:00 January 1, 2010, in New Zealand - 19:00 January 1, 2010, in Kamchatka and Chukotka - 18:00 January 1, 2010, in Sydney - 17:00 January 1, 2010, in Vladivostok - 16:00 January 1, 2010, in Moscow - 9 am January 1, 2010, in London - 6 am January 1, 2010.

- Time zone UTC-7 - Denver, Albuquerque, Calgary

When Denver and Calgary (Canada) will celebrate the New Year, the time in Los Angeles will be 23h, in Hawaii - 21h on December 31st.

On the islands of Kiritimati (Kiritimati) it will already be 21:00 January 1, 2010, in New Zealand - 20:00 January 1, 2010, in Kamchatka and Chukotka - 19:00 January 1, 2010, in Sydney - 18:00 January 1, 2010, in Vladivostok - 17:00 January 1, 2010, in Moscow - 10 am January 1, 2010, in London - 7 am January 1, 2010.

- Time zone UTC-8 - Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Las Vegas, Vancouver, about. Pitcairn

When Los Angeles and Vancouver will celebrate the New Year, the time in Hawaii will be 22h on December 31, the time in Samoa and Niue (Niue) will be 21h on December 31st.

On the islands of Kiritimati (Kiritimati) it will already be 22:00 January 1, 2010, in New Zealand - 21:00 January 1, 2010, in Kamchatka and Chukotka - 20:00 January 1, 2010, in Sydney - 19:00 January 1, 2010, in Vladivostok - 18:00 January 1, 2010, in Moscow - 11 am January 1, 2010, in London - 8 am January 1, 2010.

- Time zone UTC-9 - Anchorage (Alaska)

When Anchorage celebrates the New Year, the time in Hawaii will be 23h on December 31st, the time in Samoa and Niue will be 22h on December 31st.

On the islands of Kiritimati (Kiritimati) it will already be 23h January 1, 2010, in New Zealand - 22h January 1, 2010, in Kamchatka and Chukotka - 21h January 1, 2010, in Sydney - 20h January 1, 2010, in Vladivostok - 19h January 1, 2010, in Moscow - 12 noon January 1, 2010, in London - 9 am January 1, 2010.

- Time zone UTC-10 - Hawaii, Cook Islands, Tahiti

When Honolulu and Papeete will celebrate the New Year, the time in the islands of Samoa and Niue (Niue) will be 23h on December 31st.

On the islands of Kiritimati (Kiritimati) it will already be midnight on January 1-2, 2010, in New Zealand - 23h January 1, 2010, in Kamchatka and Chukotka - 22h January 1, 2010, in Sydney - 21h January 1, 2010, in Vladivostok - 20h January 1, 2010, in Moscow - 1 pm January 1, 2010, in London - 10 am January 1, 2010.

— Time zone UTC-11 — Samoa (Apia), American Samoa (Pago), Niue (Niue), Midway

The latest territories to say goodbye to the old 2009 and welcome the New Year 2010 will be Samoa and American Samoa, Niue and Midway Atoll.

When Samoa and Niue will celebrate the New Year, the time on the islands of Kiritimati (Kiritimati) will already be 1 am on January 2, 2010, in New Zealand it will be midnight on January 1-2, 2010, in Kamchatka and Chukotka - 23 hours on January 1, 2010, in Sydney - 22 hours 1 January 2010, in Vladivostok - 21:00 January 1, 2010, in Moscow - 14:00 January 1, 2010, in London - 11:00 am January 1, 2010.

Alexander Krivenyshev (World Time Zone)

Based on materials http://www.deita.ru/?news,142424