GORKI – TULA REGION

·         Region of diverse industries and heavy engineering.

·         The major industries are steel mills, railway equipments, automobiles, aircraft and food processing.

IVANOVO

·         Manchester of Russia is a big textile centre.

ST.PETERSBURG (LENINGRAD)

·         Strategic location at the entrance of Baltic sea and is the European terminus of trans-Siberian – Railway.

ARKHANGELSK (ARCHANGEL)

·         Situated on the coast of White Sea.

·         One of the chief centres of timer industries and the eliding port from which timber is exported.

MURMANSK

·         Situated on the Kola Peninsula, is the only ice-free port along the Arctic Ocean route to Vladivostok.

PETROZAVODSK

·         Situated on the Lake Onega; it is the major centre of saw milling and timer processing plants.

VOLGOGRAD

·         One of the important cities along the river Volga, has hide power scheme.

·         The major centre of constructional engineering, oil refining and light industries.