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GOST 7396 is a series of Soviet and later Russian standards that specify basic dimensions and safety requirements for power plugs and sockets used in Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
 and other former Soviet Republics
Post-Soviet states

The post-Soviet states, also commonly known as the former Soviet Union or former Soviet republics, are the 15 independent state that split off from the Soviet Union in its collapse of the Soviet Union in December 1991....
. The plugs are similar to the Schuko
Schuko

"Schuko" is the colloquial name for a system of domestic AC power plugs and sockets that is defined as "CEE 7/4" or known unofficially as "Type F" ....
 standard. The contacts are also 19 mm apart, but the diameter of the pins is 4.0 mm instead of 4.8 mm. It is possible to insert Russian plugs into Schuko outlets. This socket also accepts Europlugs, but does not accept CEE 7/17 (Schuko) plugs because they use the larger pin size.

Many official standards in Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe is a term that applies to the geopolitical region encompassing the easternmost part of the Europe. Throughout history and to a lesser extent today, parts of Eastern Europe has been distinguishable from Western Europe and other regions due to cultural, religious, economic, and historical reasons, even though there i...
 are virtually identical to the Schuko standard.






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GOST 7396 is a series of Soviet and later Russian standards that specify basic dimensions and safety requirements for power plugs and sockets used in Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
 and other former Soviet Republics
Post-Soviet states

The post-Soviet states, also commonly known as the former Soviet Union or former Soviet republics, are the 15 independent state that split off from the Soviet Union in its collapse of the Soviet Union in December 1991....
. The plugs are similar to the Schuko
Schuko

"Schuko" is the colloquial name for a system of domestic AC power plugs and sockets that is defined as "CEE 7/4" or known unofficially as "Type F" ....
 standard. The contacts are also 19 mm apart, but the diameter of the pins is 4.0 mm instead of 4.8 mm. It is possible to insert Russian plugs into Schuko outlets. This socket also accepts Europlugs, but does not accept CEE 7/17 (Schuko) plugs because they use the larger pin size.

Many official standards in Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe is a term that applies to the geopolitical region encompassing the easternmost part of the Europe. Throughout history and to a lesser extent today, parts of Eastern Europe has been distinguishable from Western Europe and other regions due to cultural, religious, economic, and historical reasons, even though there i...
 are virtually identical to the Schuko standard. One of the protocols governing the reunification of Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 required that the DIN and VDE standards would prevail without exception, so the former East Germany had to conform to the Schuko standard. Most other Eastern European countries use the Schuko standard internally but, prior to its collapse, they exported large volumes of appliances to the Soviet Union
Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
 with the Soviet standard plug installed. Because of that, many of the Russian plugs found their way into other Eastern European countries.

The series includes the following standards:

  • GOST 7396.1-89 Plugs and Socket-Outlets for Household and Similar Purposes - Basic Dimensions
  • GOST 7396.2-91 Plugs and Socket-Outlets for Household and Similar Purposes - Particular Requirements for Fused Plugs - General Technical Specifications


See also

  • GOST standards
    GOST

    GOST refers to a set of technical Standardizations maintained by the Euro-Asian Council for Standardization, Metrology and Certification , a regional standards organization operating under the auspices of the Commonwealth of Independent States....
  • Domestic AC power plugs and sockets
    Domestic AC power plugs and sockets

    AC power plugs and sockets are devices for removably connecting electrically-operated devices to the mains electricity.An electric plug is a gender of connectors and fasteners electrical connector with contact prongs to connect mechanically and electrically to slots in the matching female socket....
  • Schuko
    Schuko

    "Schuko" is the colloquial name for a system of domestic AC power plugs and sockets that is defined as "CEE 7/4" or known unofficially as "Type F" ....
  • Europlug
    Europlug

    The Europlug is a flat, two-pole domestic alternating current domestic AC power plugs and sockets that is generally supplied moulded on the end of an appliance's flex or a power cord, designed for voltages up to 250 V and Current up to 2.5 A....