Increasingly, in the strategic plans for the development of our country, the government is focusing on the need to move away from the status of a “raw material power”. At the same time, the main focus is on the development of its own processing of raw materials and the establishment of production, and large industrial centers are attracting more and more attention.
We offer Top 10 largest industrial centers in Russia, compiled according to the Urbanica Institute for Spatial Planning.
10. Novokuznetsk
The volume of industrial production is 264 billion rubles.
The city has enterprises of ferrous and non-ferrous metallurgy, coal industry. Among the owners of the leading industrial facilities are Evraz Group, UMMC, Sibuglemet, Rusal.
9. Chelyabinsk
277.3 billion rubles.
The city is a recognized leader in Russia in the field of ferrous metallurgy, mechanical engineering and food industry at a high level. The enterprises of OAO Mechel, the Chelyabinsk Pipe-Rolling Plant group, the Cheboksary Electromechanical Plant, Coca-Cola, and the Russian Technologies State Corporation operate in Chelyabinsk.
8. Norilsk
RUB 312 billion
The life of this polar city is built around the activities of the leader in the field of non-ferrous metallurgy, MMC Norilsk Nickel.
7. Ufa
RUB 313.6 billion
The city received the status of a large industrial center thanks to the development of oil and gas processing, mechanical engineering, food and pharmaceutical industries. The owners of the leading enterprises are OJSC ANK Bashneft, GK Rostekhnologii, Wimm-Bill-Dann, Pharmstandard.
6. Perm
331.3 billion rubles.
The city boasts significant successes in the field of oil and gas processing, mechanical engineering, food and chemical industries. The owners of the leading industrial facilities are Lukoil OJSC, Russian Technologies State Corporation and Roscosmos, Nestle, Henkel and others.
5. Omsk
348.4 billion rubles
The city has large enterprises operating in such industries as oil and gas refining, chemical and food industries, machine building. The main industrial facilities are owned by OJSC Gazprom Neft, Unilever, Wimm-Bill-Dann, Russian Technologies State Corporation and Roskosmos.
4. Nizhnevartovsk
481.6 billion rubles
It is one of the leading Russian centers for oil and gas production and processing. Industrial facilities of TNK-BP, Gazprom Neft, Russneft, Slavneft, SIBUR operate in the city.
3. Surgut
RUB 800.3 billion
A leader in the production and processing of oil and gas, the city also has large enterprises operating in the electricity, food processing and R&D industries. The main industrial facilities are owned by OJSC “Surgutneftegas”, OGK-2, OGK-4, SIBUR.
2. St. Petersburg
1282.7 billion rubles.
The northern capital has industrial facilities for the food and chemical industries, mechanical engineering, ferrous metallurgy, production of building materials, and research and development. The city has production facilities for Philip Morris International Inc., JTI, BAT, Kraft Foods, Procter & Gamble, United Shipbuilding Corporation, Russian Technologies, Toyota, Nissan, GM, HP, Rosatom State Corporation, Intel and many others.
1.Moscow
1895.2 billion rubles.
The largest enterprises in the capital operate in such industries as mechanical engineering, food and pharmaceutical industries, oil and gas processing, and research and development.The main industrial facilities are owned by Roscosmos, Rosatom, Rostekhnologii, Sukhoi Design Bureau, Renault, United Technologies, Volvo, Wimm-Bill-Dann, United Confectioners, Kraft Foods, Coca-Cola, RusHydro, GlaxoSmithKline.