Hello Winston!
30.04.2004 9:05:18, Winston Smith wrote to All:

WS> I wish to be tutored in the format of Russian telephone numbers....

The format of Russian numbers is as follows:

(XXX) YYY-ZZZZ

XXX - city code, for Moscow it is 095.
YYY - automatic telephone exchange number (we call it "ATC number").
ZZZZ - abonent number within the specified ATC.

So if you see a number like (095) 912-1234 it means that the number belongs
to a person who lives in the center of Moscow (912 ATC is somewhere near
Taganskaya Metro Station). Metro means the underground railway system in
Russia.

PS: When calling within one city, you don't have to use the city code.

Bye, Anatoliy.
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