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Dialing From a
Private Russian Phone
At present local calls are free but there is already considerable
talk in Moscow of introducing a per-minute charge system in the near
future. Not all phones can make long-distance calls, but for those
that do, dialling 8 will get you a long-distance line. Thus, to dial
another region of Russia, dial 8, wait for the new dial tone, then
dial the rest of your number.
For international dialing, dial 8, wait for
the tone, then dial 10, then the country code and the rest of your
number.
For example, to call the U.S. number
(123)-456-7890 from Russia, you would dial 8-(wait for dial done)-10-1-123-456-7890.
Using Public Phones
Public telephones are widespread on the streets of most Russian
cities. There are still the old token phones as well as different
types of card-accepting phones. Be careful when buying cards (from
the ticket booth of metro stations) as different phones take
different cards. Plus, some pay phones don't allow international or
even national calls.
Telephone Codes
| Irkutsk |
3952 |
| Kaliningrad |
0112 |
| Krasnoyarsk |
3912 |
| Magadan |
41322 |
| Moscow |
095 |
| Murmansk |
8152 / 81522 |
| Nizhny Novogorod |
8312 |
| Novorossisk |
86134 |
| Novosobirsk |
3832 |
| Samara |
8462 |
| St. Petersburg |
812 |
| Vologda |
81722 |
| Vologograd |
8442 |
| Vladivostok |
4232 |
Note: When you are calling to Moscow or
other regions of Russia where the area code starts with a "0", you
do not omit this first zero when dialing from outside Russia. For
example, to call the Moscow number (095)-123-4567 from U.S. you
would dial 011-7-095-123-4567.
Direct Dialing Access
Numbers
AT&T
755-5042
325-5042
MCI
To call using Rostelcom: 747-3322
For a Russian speaking operator: 747-3320
To call using Sovintel from Moscow: 960-2222
To call using Sovintel from St. Petersburg: 346-8022
To call from Sakhalin Island: 1616-1
BT Direct
8-10-80-01-10-10-44
Canada Direct
755-50-45
747-33-25 |