On the eve of the New Year holidays, at the end of December 2017, Russian Post published information on its website about the operating hours of post offices during the traditional New Year holidays. This information will be of interest to many - from pensioners who did not manage to receive their due payments at the end of December or are scheduled to receive them at the beginning of the new month, to those who are waiting for orders from AliExpress and others trading platforms purchases, New Year's gifts delayed at customs and other items. Let us remind you how the Russian Post works during the New Year holidays in January 2018, how to check the operating hours of a particular post office.

How Russian Post works during the January holidays in 2018

The official website of Russian Post reports that in January the general operating hours for the country are as follows:

• January 1 and 2 – non-working days,
• January 3, 4 and 5 – working days according to the usual weekday schedule,
• January 6 – post offices will work on a reduced schedule by one hour,
• January 7 is a day off,
• January 8 – branches will operate as usual on weekdays.

On the dates indicated as days off, postal department employees will not deliver postal items and periodicals, as well as remove them from mailboxes written correspondence!

How 24-hour post offices in Moscow will work during the 2018 New Year holidays

There are two post offices in the Russian capital, which are usually open 24 hours a day. Their addresses:

• department 107241 – Uralskaya street, building 1;
• branch 121099 – Smolenskaya square, building 13/21.

Please note that these branches will also have a day off on January 7th. On the evening of January 6, they will close at 21:00, and the indicated post offices will open on Monday, January 8, at 8:00 am.

How pensions are delivered by Russian Post during the New Year holidays

The official website of the Russian Post reports that the delivery of pensions and benefits by postmen for those recipients who have chosen mail as a method of receiving pensions and benefits will be carried out differently in different regions and cities of the country. For this purpose, postal offices will coordinate and coordinate their work with branches of the Russian Pension Fund.

In order to clarify exactly how social benefits will be delivered in your city by specialists from your post office, we advise you to contact your local post office for details on its working day.

How to find out how a specific branch of the Russian Post works during the New Year holidays in 2018

We have already published detailed instructions on how to find out the operating hours of specific post offices in Russia using the service on the official website of the postal service. In order to clarify the work schedule of your branch, you can go to the post office website at , or use the Russian Post application by installing it on your smartphone. Such applications exist for all popular operating systems for smartphones: iOS, Android and Windows Phone.

On December 31 and January 6, the working day of post offices will be shortened by one hour. Branches with round-the-clock operation Moscow 107241 (Uralskaya St., 1) and Moscow 121099 (Smolenskaya Sq., 13/21) on December 31 and January 6 will be open until 21:00.

January 1, 2 and 7, 2018 are days off for post offices throughout the country; exchanges and delivery are not carried out on these days postal items, periodic printed publications and removal of written correspondence from mailboxes.

On January 3, 4, 5, 8, 2018, post offices will operate as usual. For uninterrupted and timely delivery of pensions and benefits, postal items and periodicals, a different operating mode may be established for a number of rural post offices. Delivery of pensions and benefits to holidays carried out in agreement with the regional branch of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation, taking into account the specifics of organizing their delivery in the region.

Russian Post work schedule during the New Year holidays 2018

Users of the Russian Post mobile application can quickly clarify the work schedule or find the nearest open post office on the map. Mobile app Russian Post is available for mobile devices based on iOS, Android, Windows Phone platforms.

Russian Post - federal postal operator, is included in the list of strategic enterprises of the Russian Federation. It includes 42 thousand branches throughout the country and unites one of the largest workforces - about 350 thousand postal workers.

Russian Post, official website

Every year, Russian Post receives about 2.5 billion letters and invoices (of which 1 billion are from government agencies) and processes about 297 million parcels. Russian Post serves about 20 million subscribers in Russia, to whom 1 billion copies of printed publications are delivered per year. The annual volume of transactions that go through Russian Post is more than 3.3 trillion rubles (pensions, payments and transfers).

For the period from December 1 to December 30, 2017, the work schedule of 151 Russian Post offices in Moscow and the Moscow region is changing. They will work seven days a week. Changing the opening hours of branches will allow us to provide postal services during the pre-New Year peak period with high quality and at the most convenient time for customers.

In Moscow, 65 Russian Post branches will switch to extended operating hours: from 8:00 to 20:00 on weekdays and from 9:00 to 18:00 on Saturday and Sunday. Thus, 148 post offices will operate 7 days a week in Moscow. It is worth noting that the lunch break in all post offices of the capital was canceled in 2016. In addition, three Moscow post offices will continue to work around the clock: 101000 (Moscow, Myasnitskaya St., 26), 107241 (Moscow, Uralskaya St., 1) and 121099 (Moscow, Smolenskaya Sq., 13/21 ).

In the Moscow region, 86 of the most popular post offices will switch to enhanced operating hours. Their new schedule opening hours: from 8:00 to 20:00 on weekdays, from 9:00 to 18:00 on Saturday and from 10 to 15 on Sunday without a lunch break. In total, 114 post offices operate seven days a week in the Moscow region.

“On the eve of the New Year, Muscovites and residents of the Moscow region receive a large number of postal items, and also send parcels to friends and family. The flow of shipments has already increased by 30%. We understand that in a normal work schedule it is difficult for a resident of a metropolis to find time to visit a post office. Therefore, throughout December, post offices with the largest flow of customers will also be open on Sundays.”“,” noted Alla Bondarenko, regional manager of the Moscow macroregion of Russian Post.

Full list branches operating in the pre-New Year mode and the updated schedule can be found on the Russian Post website: UFPS Moscow and UFPS Moscow Region. Users of the Russian Post mobile application will be able to quickly find the nearest post office on the map and clarify its work schedule. The Russian Post application is available for mobile devices based on iOS, Android, and Windows Phone platforms.

We remind you that recipients of small packages weighing up to 2 kg can order their delivery from the post office to their home. Residents of Moscow and St. Petersburg can order online on the tracking page or in the mobile application. This can be done immediately after the shipment has arrived at the delivery location.

Delivery is carried out by the postman from 08:00 to 16:00 on weekdays. The cost of the service is 100 rubles per shipment.

Moscow residents can also order courier delivery parcels to any address in Moscow. The order is made through the mobile application: after the item arrives at the post office, you must select “Deliver by courier,” enter the delivery address and place the order.

Delivery is carried out by the courier service of the EMS branch of Russian Post within two days from the moment of filling out the application from 09:00 to 20:00 on weekdays and weekends. The cost of the service is 199 rubles per shipment.