Pskov region

Pskov region has significant reserves of various minerals, until discovered manifestations of diamond (Gdovskii district). The explored reserves of peat reach 300 million tons, with production while only 350 of the 3,000 fields installed. Among other resources available: molding and glass sand, refractory and fusible clay, the raw material for the production of mineral pigments, sapropel, which has a wide range of applications - from medicine to construction materials, mud and clay. Attractive is the production of mineral waters for both external and internal to the treatment. Eight proven deposits of mineral water have reserves of more than 5 million cubic meters. m

Modern Pskov region - an area in the northwest area of ​​the Russian Federation 55.3 thousand square meters. km. The length of the region from north to south - 380 km from west to east - 260 km. The main feature of the location of the area - the presence of the external borders of Russia (with Estonia - 270 km, Latvia - 214 km, the Republic of Belarus - 305 km).

The area is rich in forests, the total area of ​​which is 2,450 hectares. The available resources allow harvest of 3.5 million cubic meters. meters of wood annually (coniferous species - 30%), but in reality only 25-30% of the possible, which opens up a rich landscape of the industry. The area is rich in other natural resources such as clay, sand, sandy limestone, travertine, sapropel, gypsum, peat, loam. The deposits of these minerals are not fully utilized, which involves the development of industries: light, food, peat, manufacture of building materials.

Pskov region has a half of agricultural land of North-West Russia. Constitute the foundation of agriculture in cattle breeding, the production of vegetables and potatoes and flax. Companies within the industry are located in almost all cities and regional centers of the region. At high enough quality product prices are 10-15% lower than that of similar products factories in St. Petersburg and the Baltic countries, providing them demand not only in the region but also beyond. Therefore, we have to develop the food industry,

The region has a developed transport infrastructure. Highway and railway network, connect it to Moscow, St. Petersburg, Lviv, Odessa, with the capitals of the Baltic States and the ports of Murmansk and Kaliningrad. In Pskov, an international airport for the mid-range passenger and cargo aircraft with a total weight of up to 250 tons Pskov is a river port, which can connect the region with the ports of Estonia on the coast of Peipsi (the largest of them - Tartu). Therefore, great importance is given to the development of transport infrastructure, which is dictated by a unique location in the region (common border with three states) and the distribution of the traffic flow (more than 10% of the traffic flow of Russia). Posed in this field include modernization and opening new lines of transportation.

In conclusion we can say that the Pskov region has a high industrial potential, when you combine it with the geographical location (the presence of the external borders of Russia), we get the export development in subsequent years.