Moscow Oblast is located between the Oka and Volga rivers. It borders on the Tula Region to the south, Kaluga Region to the southwest, Smolensk Region to the west, Tver Region to the northwest and north, Yaroslavl Region to the northeast, Vladimir Region to the north and northeast, and Ryazan Region to the southeast.

Natural resources include deposits of phosphate rock, ceramic clay and non-metallic materials. Extraction of peat; act Kashirskaya, Shatura power station.

The dominant economic activities of the region are:

• the leading areas of agriculture: crop production with a predominance of vegetable and potato production, animal husbandry of dairy and meat areas; pig and poultry farming are developed.

Main industries:

• mechanical engineering and metalworking; optical and mechanical production, radio-electronic industry, instrument-making; advanced ferrous metallurgy, chemical industry; production of cotton, wool, silk fabrics, knitwear; footwear, clothing, food industry, production of building materials, glass, porcelain and faience industry.