Today it was
comparatively lighter day as we plan to travel about 400 kms. We took it easy in
the morning and left from hotel at about 12 noon from Samara.
The journey
from Samara to Penza was not very smooth going. The highway was single lane
throughout. The scenery was hardly worth mentioning. The only difference from
Kazakhstan was that there was more greenery in Russia. We had passed desert and
semi-desert areas In Kazakhstan and the adjoining areas in Russia. So, this
stretch of land was green and there were trees also. But the area is not
inhabited. There was hardly any cities in today’s journey.
Penza is a
city and administrative centre of Penza Oblast. Oblast is a type of federal
subject of the Russian Federation. There are 46 oblasts in Russia. Oblast is
Federated state, somewhat equal to States in India.
Penza is
located on River Sura. It has population of 5.17 lakhs.
We are
experiencing a very different situation here. The Russia, being very large
country has 10 different time zones.
The
following are 11 Time zones In Russia,
1. Kamchatski Standard Time : GMT +12
2. Magadan Standard Time :
GMT +11
3. Vladivostok Standard Time : GMT +10
4. Yakutsk Standard Time :
GMT +9
5. Irkutsk Standard Time : GMT +8
6. Krasnoyarsk Standard Time : GMT +7
7. Omsk Standard Time : GMT +6
8. Yekaterinburg Standard Time : GMT +5
9. Samara Standard Time : GMT +4
10. Moscow Standard time : GMT +3
11. Kaliningrad Standard Time : GMT +2
We are
mostly travelling in Western part of Russia. We will experience only few of the above
Standard times. We reached Penza hotel at about 7 pm.
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