That is mainly because they have different governments. It is the government that controls a local area that determines in what time zone the local area will go. Also, countries that span more than 15° of longitude are likely to be divided between/among more than one time zone, but since it is up to the government, that is not always the case.
Russia has 11 time zones due to its vast geographical size, the largest number of any country. These time zones range from UTC+2 to UTC+12, with some regions observing Daylight Saving Time adjustments.
At any given time, the clocks around the world are set to at least 38 different times, and these time zones have about 165 different names, including about 130 different names just for Standard Time designations.
Russia spans 11 time zones.
Russia has nine time zones spanning two continents.
Russia will have eleven time zones beginning on the 26th of October 2014.
Russia and the US
Which part of Russia? Russia covers a whole lot of different time zones.
Russia has 11 time zones due to its vast geographical size, the largest number of any country. These time zones range from UTC+2 to UTC+12, with some regions observing Daylight Saving Time adjustments.
At any given time, the clocks around the world are set to at least 38 different times, and these time zones have about 165 different names, including about 130 different names just for Standard Time designations.
Russia spans 11 time zones.
Russia has nine time zones spanning two continents.
If you mean time zones. There is one. Russia has 7 time zones.
There are 11 time zones in Russia.
Russia will have eleven time zones beginning on the 26th of October 2014.
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russia- 11 time zones hope this helps!