Offices: Mondays to Fridays: 09:00 - 18:00 (with a one hour break at noon).
Banks: Mondays to Fridays: 09:00 - 13:00 and from 14:00 - 18:00 pm
Stores: Mondays to Saturdays: 10:00 - 19:00
Shop: In the larger cities, some shops remain open for 24 hours. Shops stay open until 20:00, and on Sundays until 18:00. Department Stores are usually open until 22:00.
Post Offices: Mondays to Fridays: 08:00- 18:00 and Saturdays 08:00-13:00, although in larger towns and cities, these hours may be an hour or two longer. Conversely, those in smaller towns and villages typically close at 16:00 pm.
Museums: Open from 10am-17:00pm. You'll find that they are invariably closed at least one day a week (usually Mon) and, in addition, one further day in the month will be set aside as a "cleaning day".
Pharmacy: Monday to Friday 09:00-19:00 pm and Saturdays 09:00-13:00 pm.
Tourist Offices: Summer opening times (typically Jun-Sept) are, generally speaking, weekdays 08:00-17:00 pm and weekends 10:00-15:00 pm, and during the winter Monday to Friday only from 09:00-15:00 pm. However, many offices deviate from these hours; opening hours for all offices are detailed throughout the guide.
Thermal Baths: Daily from 08:00-19:00 pm, although some open at 06:00 am., as most of the baths in Budapest do.
Bars and Restaurants: stay open.
Churches: Less easy to predict but they tend to be accessible from 8:00 am until the end of the evening service.

NATIONAL HOLIDAYS & CELEBRATIONS

On public holidays all banks, offices, many museums and some shops are closed. However, big department stores, food stores and supermarkets generally remain open. A national holiday, so expect many shops and offices may be closed.

January 1-5 - New Years' Holidays, the most important winter celebration in Russia. 25 Dec is just another working day.
January 7 - Russian Orthodox Christmas, this celebration is less important than the New Year.
January 16 - Russian Winter Festival.
January 25 - St. Tatiana Day (beginning of Winter Holiday).
February 23 - Day of the Defenders of the Motherland.
March 8 - International Women's Day.
April 12 - Cosmonaut's Day.
May 1-2 - Labor Day, 2nd day of Labor.
May 9 - Celebrating victory in World War II, parades of veterans gather all over Russia.
May 16 - Red Hill holiday.
June 6 - Pushkin's Birthday.
June 12 - Celebrating the election of the first President of the Russian Federation.
June 21 - White Nights Festival begins (to mid July).
August 14 - Honey Spas.
August 19 - Apple Spas, Day of the Failed August, 1991 Coup.
August 29 - Nut Spas.
September 8 - Siege of Leningrad Day.
September 19 - Moscow Day.
November 4 - National Unity Day.
November 7 - Accord & Reconciliation Day.
November 10 - Militsiya (Police) Day.
December 12 - Constitution Day (or Russian Independence Day).