Central economic region 1640693 222059118 2008-06-27T10:50:41Z BanRay 1941196 /* Socio-economic indicators */ rm copyvio '''Central economic region''' ({{lang-ru|Центра́льный экономи́ческий райо́н}}, ''Tsentralny ekonomichesky rayon'') is one of twelve [[economic regions of Russia]]. [[Image:Central economic region.png|thumb|250px|right|Central economic region on the map of Russia]] Area: 484,000&nbsp;km²; population: 30.5&nbsp;million ([[Russian Census (2002)|2002 Census]]). Average [[population density]]&mdash;63/km². Over 80% of the population is urban. Central economic region is located in the central portion of the [[Europe]]an part of [[Russia]]. A great number of automobile and railroads intersect on the territory of this region. This flat, rolling country, with [[Moscow]] as its center, forms a major industrial region. Besides Moscow, major cities include [[Nizhny Novgorod]], [[Smolensk]], [[Yaroslavl]], [[Vladimir]], [[Tula, Russia|Tula]], [[Dzerzhinsk, Russia|Dzerzhinsk]], and [[Rybinsk]]. Trucks, ships, railway rolling stock, machine tools, electronic equipment, cotton and woolen textiles, and chemicals are the principal industrial products. The [[Volga River|Volga]] and [[Oka River]]s are the major water routes, and the Moscow&ndash;Volga and [[Don River (Russia)|Don]]&ndash;Volga]] canals link Moscow with the [[Caspian Sea|Caspian]] and [[Baltic Sea]]s. Many rail lines serve the area<ref>[http://www.bartleby.com/65/ru/Russia.html Russia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>. ==Composition== Central economic region comprises the following [[federal subjects of Russia|federal subjects]]: *[[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 cities of Russia|Federal city]] of [[Moscow]] ==Economy== Central economic region specializes in [[machine building]], [[chemical industry|chemical]] and [[textile industry|textile industries]]. Long-fibered [[flax]], [[potato]]es, and [[vegetable]]s are the most typical of the region's [[agriculture]]. [[Cattle breeding]] for [[milking]] is also common. The machine building industry is mostly science-intensive. Instrument-making, radio, electrotechnic, and electronic production prevail. Companies manufacturing metal-working machines and instruments, [[steam boiler]]s, [[turbine]]s, current generators, and electric motors are concentrated in this region. 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, Russia|Tula]], and [[Vladimir]]. Chemical industry includes the production of synthetic [[plastic]]s (in Moscow, [[Novomoskovsk, Russia|Novomoskovsk]], [[Orekhovo-Zuyevo]], [[Vladimir]]), chemical [[fiber]]s (in [[Klin]], Ryazan, Tver), rubber resin and [[tire]]s (in Moscow, [[Yaroslavl]], [[Yefremov]]), and fertilizers (in [[Dorgobuzh]], Novomoskovsk, [[Polpino]], [[Shchyokino]], [[Voskresensk]]). 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. [[Electric power]] is generated by [[fossil fuel power plant|fossil fuel]]s and [[nuclear power plant]]s. Fossil fuel ([[oil]], [[natural gas]], coal) are mostly imported from other regions of Russia (mostly from [[Komi Republic]], [[Povolzhye economic region|Povolzhye]], and [[West Siberian economic region|West Siberia]]). Other developed industries include manufacturing of [[footwear]], [[pottery]] (including [[porcelain]]), [[glass]], [[cement]], construction materials, as well as [[food industry|food]] and [[wood processing]] industries. Region's [[temperate|temperate zone]] [[climate]] allows for growing of a great variety of [[agriculture|crops]]. As the [[soil]]s are mostly of [[podsol]]ic and grey forest types, [[melioration]] and [[fertilizer|fertilizing]] are often employed to improve the crop yields. ==Natural resources== Most common natural resources of the region include [[phosphorite]]s, [[brown coal]] (in Moscow Oblast), construction materials, and [[peat]] (Moscow, Tver, and Yaroslavl Oblasts). ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Economic regions of Russia]] [[fr:Région économique centrale]] [[ga:Réigiún Eacnamaíochta Láir]] [[nl:Centrale economische regio]] [[ru:Центральный экономический район]]