The Voronezh region is located in the central strip of the European part of Russia, in an extremely favorable strategic location, in the hub( junction) of transport communications going to the industrial regions of the Russian Federation and the CIS countries. Within a radius of 960 kilometers around Voronezh (this is considered a cost-effective transport «„shoulder“»), more than 50% of the country’s population lives.
(More than 50% of the country’s population lives within a radius of 960 kilometers around Voronezh (this is considered an economically efficient transport «„shoulder“»).
The main resource of the region is chernozems, which occupy the main part of the territory of the region. The mineral resource base is represented by deposits of non-metallic raw materials, mainly construction materials (sands, clays, chalk, granites, cement raw materials, ochre, limestone, sandstone), there are reserves of phosphorites. The region has almost unlimited reserves of chalk (chalk reserves) .
(The Voronezh Region produces grain )Voronezh produces grain (mainly wheat), sugar beet, sunflower and other industrial crops, potatoes and vegetables. In general, the profile of agriculture is beet-based with sunflower and grain crops, dairy and meat cattle breeding, pig and sheep breeding.

The dominant economic activities of the region are:

• Electric power industry (Power engineering)
• Mechanical engineering
• Chemical industry
• Light industry
• Construction materials industry
• Food industry
• Forestry ( Timber) and woodworking industry.