Ural economic region covers the territoryseven constituent entities of the Russian Federation: Udmurtia and Bashkortostan, the Perm, Chelyabinsk, Kurgan, Sverdlovsk and Orenburg regions. The boundaries of the district covers an area of 824 thousand square kilometers. The center of this region, one of the 11 economic regions of Russia, is located in Yekaterinburg.
Geographically, it is located onThe Middle and Southern Urals, partly capturing the Northern, and also part of the plains adjacent to the Urals: from the west - East European, from the east - West Siberian. Potential energy resources of rivers amount to 3.3 million kW. The Kama River and the Votkinskoye reservoir are located on the Kama River. About half of the area is covered with taiga forest with timber reserves of over 3.5 billion cubic meters. The southern part is occupied by steppes, plowed on large spaces. The climate is from temperate continental to continental. The population is about 20 million people (with a density of 23 people / sq. Km.). The urban population prevails over the rural, it is 2/3.
The Ural economic region is rich in usefulfossils, this led to the diversity and complexity of the structure of a highly developed complex of heavy industry with national significance. The main branches of heavy industry are the following: metallurgy (black and non-ferrous), mechanical engineering (transport, energy, agricultural), forestry, mining and chemical and petrochemical, chemical. Mineral raw materials, oil (Prikamye) and gas (Orenburg) are being successfully extracted. Oil refineries are located in Ufa, Perm, Orsk, Krasnokamsk, gas processing is in Orenburg. Coal is also mined, but the main need for it is covered by imported coal (from Kuzbass, Karaganda).
The Ural economic region is supplied with its own electric power generated at powerful power plants: one NPP (Beloyarskaya), two hydropower stations (Kamskaya and Votkinskaya) and nine thermal power stations and a state district power station.
Ural economic region - leadingRussian region of heavy engineering (Uralmash, Yuzhuralmash), chemical engineering (Glazov plant, Uralkhimmash). Uralelectrotyazhmash manufactures equipment for the electrical industry and power equipment. Transport engineering is occupied by the release of freight railway cars, cars and motorcycles, tractors and trailers for them, a variety of agricultural machinery. A machine tool industry is developed, electrical appliances, radio receivers, refrigerators are produced.
Ural chemical industry is representedproduction of potash, phosphorus, nitrogenous fertilizers, soda, sulfur, hydrochloric acid, various salts, chlorine. Production of plastics, resins and alcohols, varnishes and paints, artificial fibers. Asbestos, magnesite is recycled.
Production of building materials in the Urals(cement, reinforced concrete products, prefabricated structures). Woodworking is represented by the production of paper, lumber and plywood. Light industry produces linen and synthetic fabrics, leather and footwear products, garments. The food industry is engaged in the processing of milk and meat, there are flour mills.
The Ural economic region is cut along andacross the transport network. These are railways (mostly electrified), pipelines for the supply of oil and gas, water transport and roads.
