The New Year's bustle is familiar to postal workers firsthand. After all, many residents of the country want to congratulate their relatives. From about mid-December to mid-January, postal services work in an enhanced mode.
Therefore, it is recommended to take care of sending or ordering gifts a little in advance. In order for the New Year's gift to be more likely to reach the addressee on time, and also to avoid wasting time in long queues, it is worth sending it before the 15th - 20th of December. From this time onwards, there is a rush in the Russian Post offices.
Russian Post Schedule 2024
The pre-holiday days, December 31 and January 6, will be shortened for those departments that have this work schedule. Or if these numbers do not fall on a weekend.
Parcel terminals (postamat)
In addition, there are parcel terminals in different cities and towns, with the help of which you can pick up a parcel or order from any online store at a time convenient for the recipient, including around the clock. They are often located in shopping centers, popular supermarkets. However, their occupancy also depends on the operating hours of the post offices.
Peculiarities of postal work during the New Year holidays
Different locations have different opening hours. In busy areas of large cities such as Moscow, St. Petersburg, or Yekaterinburg, the post office often works 12 hours a day, with shorter opening hours on weekends.
More often you can find a five- or six-day workweek with Sunday and Monday off. In this case, the office will be open from 8 to 10 hours on weekdays and from 5 to 8 hours on weekends.
Addresses, opening hours and other relevant information can be found on the official website of Russian Post.
How exactly the post office will work during the New Year holidays will be known in the second half of 2023. Holidays in January 2025 will be from January 1 to January 7 inclusive, and December 30 and 31, 2023 will fall on Saturday and Sunday.
Working and non-working days
Each branch has a specific operating mode, which is affected by how much it is in demand, as well as its role in the chain of transferring parcels and letters. Therefore, the holiday schedule may differ for different offices.
However, January 1 and 7 are usually non-working days. Sometimes January 2 is also made a non-working holiday (this also depends on the specific department).
24-hour branches
In Moscow, St. Petersburg and other large cities there are 24-hour post offices. But on New Year's Eve, namely from the evening of December 31 (approximately from 21:00) until 10:00 on January 1, all branches will be closed so that all employees can celebrate this holiday. On other days, the 24-hour Post Office will work as usual.
However, before visiting a particular branch, it is worth checking its opening hours on the official website. Convenient navigation will help you find the address, opening hours and even rush hours.
At the moment, branches with such working hours are found only in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
Addresses of 24-hour post offices in major cities
Moscow:
- Smolenskaya square, 13/21;
- st. Myasnitskaya, 26a, building 1;
- Vagonoremontnaya st., 23.
Podolsk:
- Lviv district, Magistralnaya street, 7.
Saint Petersburg:
- Vasileostrovsky district, Dekabristov Island, KIMA ave., 4;
- Nevsky Prospect, 70.
Helpdesk
Up-to-date information on work during the New Year holidays of 2025, the status of the parcel and other issues can always be found on the official website of Russian Post, especially if you register.
You can also get the information you need by calling the hotline at 8-800-200-58-88. The support service at 8-800-1-000-000 can help if you cannot get an answer to your question.
Russian Post has its own application, which also contains the necessary information.
Another way is to visit the necessary post office and find out the holiday schedule from the post office workers. Or from the announcements that are posted in a prominent place in advance.
New Year services for clients
New Year is one of the most beloved holidays, because this time allows you to cast aside all everyday worries and immerse yourself in a fairy tale. Many organizations try to help residents of the country in creating an atmosphere of joy and love. Including the Russian Post.
Here are some services for the convenience of customers, so that everyone can please their loved ones, even if they are far away:
- using the official website, you can send a paper postcard to the recipient. To do this, you need to select a postcard on the website, write the text of the greeting, as well as the recipient's address, and pay online. The postcard will arrive in the recipient's mailbox exactly by New Year's;
- in the Russian Post application you can order a gift for a loved one, who will come to a post office convenient for him. This can also be done online;
- What is New Year without its main character - Santa Claus? Together with your child, you can write a letter to Santa and get a reply. Or you can do it without a child, because every adult has not lost a grain of faith in magic;
- Also, the branches always have a large selection of paper cards, envelopes and goods with New Year's themes, which can be signed and sent to the client yourself.
Conclusion
We all know that sometimes our mail fails. But we must try to treat such situations with understanding, because we are all human. We must especially remember this during the New Year period, since the load on departments and sorting centers, and therefore on employees, increases several times.
New Year is a time when everything negative fades into the background and gives way to joy, understanding and love for others.
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