Telephone numbers in Russia

Telephone numbers in Russia are administered by Roskomnadzor, and the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation. Russia's national telephone numbering plan comprises four levels of destination routing codes with local, zone, country, and international scopes, implementing a closed numbering plan, in which the number of digits of all national significant numbers assigned to subscriber telephones is fixed at ten, with three digits for the area code, and a seven-digit subscriber number which includes a zone code of up to two digits.

Russia is a member of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and participates in the international numbering plan provided by recommendations E.164 and E.123, using the telephone country code 7, which is shared with Kazakhstan, designating two area codes for routing calls to that country. Country code 7 was originally assigned to the Soviet Union, and continued to be used by the fifteen successor states after the 1991 dissolution of the Soviet Union. All but two successor states switched to new, individual country codes from the 3xx and 9xx ranges between 1993 and 1998.

Dialing pattern Calls within Russia 8 ABC xxx-xx-xx (where ABC is the area code) e.g. 8 499 xxx-xx-xx (to Moscow, fixed line) e.g. 8 812 234-56-78 (to St. Petersburg, fixed line) e.g. 8 985 xxx-xx-xx (to a mobile number issued by MTS in Moscow)

International calls from Russia Pre-Selected Operator: 8-tone-10 International number or + e.g. 8-10 44 20 7946-0123 (to London/UK) or +44 20 7946-0123 e.g. +7 727 xxx-xx-xx (to Almaty/Kazakhstan)

International calls to Russia +7 ABC xxx-xx-xx (where ABC is the area code)

Area codes First digit of code Routed to 0Used for numbers in Kazakhstan 1Not used 2Reserved 3Geographic codes in Russia 4Geographic codes in Russia 5Reserved 6Used for numbers in Kazakhstan 7Used for numbers in Kazakhstan 8Geographic codes, Toll-Free, and Pay-Line (shared between Russia, Kazakhstan, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia) 9Russian mobiles (code 940 and 929 is for Abkhazia and South Ossetia mobiles)

Geographic area codes The dialing code range 4xx was introduced on 1 December 2005 to replace 0xx, in order to make it possible to adopt the ITU recommendation of 0 and 00 dialing prefixes for local and international dialing respectively. The old '095' dialing code, along with 19 other Russian area codes starting with '0', expired on 31 January 2006.

Russian federal subjectsArea codeOld code (inactive)Remarks Republic of Adygea 877 Altai Krai385 Altai Republic388 Amur Oblast416 Arkhangelsk Oblast and Nenets Autonomous Okrug818 Astrakhan Oblast851 Republic of Bashkortostan347 Belgorod Oblast472072 Bryansk Oblast483083 Republic of Buryatia301 Vladimir Oblast492092 Volgograd Oblast844 Vologda Oblast817, 820 Voronezh Oblast473073 Republic of Dagestan 872 Jewish Autonomous Oblast426 Sverdlovsk Oblast 343 Ivanovo Oblast493093 Republic of Ingushetia873 Irkutsk Oblast395 Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria 866 Kaliningrad Oblast401011 Republic of Kalmykia847 Kaluga Oblast484084 Kamchatka Krai415 Republic of Karachay–Cherkessia878 Republic of Karelia 814 Kemerovo Oblast384 Kirov Oblast833 Komi Republic 821 Kostroma Oblast494094 Krasnodar Krai861, 862 Krasnoyarsk Krai391 Kurgan Oblast352 Kursk Oblast471071 Leningrad Oblast813 Lipetsk Oblast474074 Magadan Oblast413 Republic of Mari El 836 Republic of Mordovia 834 Moscow City495, 499095 Moscow Oblast496, 498096 Murmansk Oblast815 Nizhny Novgorod Oblast831 Novgorod Oblast816 Novosibirsk Oblast383 Omsk Oblast381 Orenburg Oblast353 Oryol Oblast486086 Penza Oblast841 Perm Krai 342 Primorsky Krai 423 Pskov Oblast811 Rostov Oblast863 Ryazan Oblast491091 Samara Oblast846, 848 Saint Petersburg812 Saratov Oblast845 Sakhalin Oblast 424 Republic of North Ossetia–Alania867 Smolensk Oblast481081 Stavropol Krai 865, 879 Tambov Oblast475075 Republic of Tatarstan843, 855 Tver Oblast482082 Tomsk Oblast382 Tula Oblast487087 Republic of Tyva (Tuva) 394 Tyumen Oblast345 Republic of Udmurtia341 Ulyanovsk Oblast842 Khabarovsk Krai421 Republic of Khakassia 390 Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug346 Chelyabinsk Oblast351 Republic of Chechnya871 Zabaykalsky Krai302 Republic of Chuvashia835 Chukotka Autonomous Okrug427 Sakha Republic (Yakutia)411 Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug 349 Yaroslavl Oblast485085

Russian mobile phones, toll-free, and pay-line codes CodeService 800FPH: Freephone 862FPH: Fixed 801AAB: Automatic alternative billing 802CCC: Credit card calling 803VOT: Televoting 804UAN: Universal access number 805PCC: Prepaid card calling 806ACC: Account card calling 807VPN: Virtual private network 808UPT: Universal personal Telecommunication 809PRM: Premium rate 881–899Reserved 900–953 955–969 972–999Russian mobile networks - MTS, MegaFon, t2, Beeline 954Satellite operators 970Telematic services 971Data transfer services

Special numbers (emergencies) Number Service Old (active) 101Fire brigade01 102Police02 103Ambulance03 104Gas service04 112General emergency 107Directory assistance, Rostelecom07 109Directory assistance (free, limited info)09 009Directory assistance (pay service, 35 rubles/min.) in Moscow 100Talking clock in Moscow 115Information on electronic government services

In a press conference in December 2013 Minister of Emergency Situations, Vladimir Puchkov said that the unified system runs in a full pilot mode from 2014 and will fully enter to operational mode in 2016.

Codes assigned to annexed Ukrainian territories In 2014, following the Russian annexation of Crimea, Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol were integrated into the Russian numbering plan.

On 7 May 2022, following the annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Lugansk and Zaporozhye oblasts, the four oblasts were integrated into the Russian numbering plan.

Area Russian codes Ukrainian codes for country code 380 Republic of Crimea 365 65 Donetsk People's Republic 856 62 Kherson Oblast 860 65 Luhansk People's Republic 857 64 Sevastopol 8692 692 Zaporozhye Oblast 810 61

Codes assigned to Abkhazia Telephone numbers in Abkhazia use two area codes – 840 and 940 – in the Russian dialing plan. Until 1992, Abkhazia had a single telephone numbering system with Russia. In April 1996, the Ministry of Communications of the Russian Federation limited international telephone communications in Abkhazia, retaining only 16 outgoing and 24 incoming telephone channels of the 151 incoming and 182 outgoing channels that operated previously. On 15 February 1997, an agreement was signed between Russia and Georgia, which provided for a change in the communication scheme of Abkhazia with the outside world and switching channels to Georgia. The agreement met with resentment in Abkhazia, whose leadership accused Georgia and Russia of violating an earlier agreement that provided for the restoration of the communications that existed before 1992.

On 28 September 2009, after Russia recognised Abkhazia's independence, Russia and Abkhazia signed a Memorandum of Cooperation through which Abkhazia was given a telephone code from numbering zone 7 and switched to the Russian numbering plan on 1 January 2010. Abkhazian numbers can be accessed from abroad through country code 7 assigned by the International Telecommunication Union to Russia. Until 2009, they could also be accessed via the Georgian country code +995.

Area Old Georgian codes (1996–2009) New Russian codes (since 2009) Sukhumi 995 442 840 22X XXXX Gudauta 995 444 840 24X XXXXOchamchire 995 445 840 25X XXXX Tkvarcheli 995 446 840 26X XXXX Gali 995 447 840 27X XXXX Gulripshi 995 448 840 28X XXXX Mobile operator - A-Mobile n.d. 940 7XX XXXX Mobile operator - Aquafon 995 544 940 9XX XXXX

Codes assigned to South Ossetia Telephone numbers in South Ossetia use two area codes – 850 and 929 – in the Russia numbering plan zone. FormatApplicationGeorgian codes +7 850 XXX XXXXFixed telephony +995 342 XXX XXX Akhalgori,+995 344 XXX XXX Tskhinvali,+995 347 XXX XXX Java +7 929 8XX XXXXMobile telephony

See also Telecommunications in Russia

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