Central Economic Region
Central Economic Region
Центра́льный экономи́ческий райо́н | |
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₽ 37,119 billionUS$ 504.818 billion |
The Central Economic Region (Russian: Центра́льный экономи́ческий райо́н, romanized: Tsentral'nyy ekonomicheskiy rayon) is one of twelve economic regions of Russia.
Central Economic Region is located in the central portion of the European part of Russia. A great number of automobile and railroads intersect on the territory of this region.
This flat, rolling country, with
Composition
The Central Economic Region comprises the following federal subjects, all of which are in the Central Federal District:
- Bryansk Oblast
- Ivanovo Oblast
- Kaluga Oblast
- Kostroma Oblast
- Moscow Oblast
- Oryol Oblast
- Ryazan Oblast
- Smolensk Oblast
- Tula Oblast
- Tver Oblast
- Vladimir Oblast
- Yaroslavl Oblast
- Federal city of Moscow
Economy
The Central Economic Region accounted for almost 32 per cent of the Russia's GRP in 2008. The region specializes in
The machine building industry is mostly science-intensive. Instrument-making, radio, electrotechnic, and electronic production prevail. Companies manufacturing metal-working machines and instruments,
Cities of Bryansk, Moscow, and Serpukhov are the centers of car-building industry. Trains and train cars are manufactured in Kolomna, Lyudinovo, and Murom. Rybinsk is a shipbuilding center of the region. Tractors and other agricultural machinery are produced in Bezhetsk, Lyubertsy, Ryazan, Tula, and Vladimir.
Chemical industry includes the production of synthetic
Textile industry is the traditional industry of the region. Most of the production is concentrated in Ivanovo, Kostroma, and Moscow Oblasts, manufacturing a wide variety of fabrics.
While the region imports most of the raw metals, metallurgy is still somewhat developed. There are metallurgical plants in Elektrostal, Moscow, and in Tula Oblast.
Other developed industries include manufacturing of footwear, pottery (including porcelain), glass, cement, construction materials, as well as food and wood processing industries.
Region's
Natural resources
Most common natural resources of the region include
References
- ^ "Валовой региональный продукт". rosstat.gov.ru.
- ^ "Russia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07". Archived from the original on 2007-02-03. Retrieved 2006-10-28.
