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The Saratov region is a region with impressive industrial, human and natural resources

We are actively building infrastructure convenient for business and the population, roads, kindergartens and schools, medical centers, opening new industrial enterprises. We are collecting a record harvest, solving problems import substitution, entering foreign markets and applying innovative technologies in all industries.

THE EDGE OF FERTILE LAND AND THE CULTURAL CENTER OF THE VOLGA REGION

The Saratov region is the Volga nature, stretching from steppe tulips in the south to centuries-old pines in the north, original cities that have preserved the spirit of bygone eras, the richest collections of art and antiquities for the hinterland, places associated with outstanding personalities and historical events. The region is located on the banks of one of the widest and longest waterways not only in the country, but in the world.

Here, on the banks of the Volga, Saratov has stood for more than 400 years - once a large merchant center of the country, and today - the second largest city in Russia after Moscow, the land of fertile land and the “gold” of the region - wheat and sunflowers, museum and theater center of the province. In the regional center, the longest pedestrian zone in Europe has been created - 8 km long.

The youthful years of the first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin are connected with the Saratov region; here he landed after his first flight into space, from here a new stage in the development of space science and the era of space exploration began.

LABOR RESOURCES

  • 2,404,9 thousand people Population of the Saratov region
  • 1.189.1 thousand people Economically active population
  • 1.148.8 thousand people Employed in the economy
  • 28.9% Share of the workforce with higher professional education

Number of unemployed people registered with the employment service, people

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Registered unemployment rate, %

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SCIENTIFIC POTENTIAL

The region's education system is dynamically developing, provided with qualified personnel. The educational complex has high potential.

The region is known as one of the largest scientific centers in Russia. The region is represented by a complex of large research and design institutes, research and production enterprises and associations.

  • 62

    Enterprises engaged in research and development

  • 17

    Educational institutions of higher education

  • 50

    Professional educational organizations

  • 34

    Industry research institutes and organizations

  • 8

    Scientific institutions of the Russian Academy of Sciences

INDUSTRY
График

INDUSTRY

Industry structure

  • Manufacturing industries

  • Providing electricity, gas and steam; air conditioning

  • Mining

  • Water supply, sanitation, organization of waste collection and disposal, pollution elimination activities

AVAILABILITY OF
MINERAL RESERVES

1 trillion m3
Gas reserves in the Saratov region
700 million tons
Oil reserves in the Saratov region

Priority areas of development

  • Development of the Savelyevsky, Ozinsky, Kotsebinsky deposits and production of oil shale
  • Utilization of associated petroleum gas
  • Modernization of production and introduction of new technologies for production of construction and finishing materials

PROMISING DIRECTIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

108,8%

Industrial production index

Within production chains

Electronic components:
  • JSC NPP Almaz
  • JSC “NPC “Almaz-Phazotron”
  • JSC NPP Kontakt
Electrical equipment:
  • JSC Saratov Electrotechnical Plant
Gas alarms:
  • EPO Signal LLC
Specialized control and measuring equipment:
  • NPF Mossar LLC
  • Rubezh LLC
  • PJSC "SEZ named after. Sergo Ordzhonikidze"
Equipment for the fuel and energy complex:
  • Gazprommash Plant LLC
  • LLC "Oil and Gas Equipment Plant"
  • JSC Gazapparat, LLC Voith Hydro

LEADING COMPANIES IN THE REGION

Petrochemical cluster

  • PJSC Saratov Oil Refinery
  • ОSaratovorgsintez LLC
  • Balakovo branch of JSC Apatit

Mechanical engineering cluster

  • JSC "Metalwork Plant"
  • JSC "Transmash"

Furniture cluster

  • Furniture Factory Maria LLC
  • LLC "King of Sofas"

Metallurgical cluster

  • JSC "Balakovo Metallurgical Plant"»
  • АJSC "Balakovo-Tsentrolit"

REGIONAL ENERGY

  • 6 620 MW Total power of power plants
  • 105 MW Total capacity of solar power plants
  • 13.05 billion kW/h Regional consumption
  • 72 MW Planned increase in solar power plant capacity
  • 42.5 billion kW/h Electricity generation volume
  • Saratov HPP It is a major energy facility in the region with an annual production of more than 5.67 billion kWh
  • Energy cluster It is one of the largest in Russia, consists of the Saratov hydroelectric power station, CHPP-4, Balakovo nuclear power plant, Balakovo branch of Apatit JSC
  • Balakovo NPP Provides a fifth of electricity production in the Volga Federal District and a sixth of the output of all nuclear power plants in the country

AGRICULTURE

  • 1st place By production of vegetable oil among the regions of the Volga Federal District (more than 486.9 thousand tons)
  • 1st place For the export of agricultural products among the regions of the Volga Federal District ($526.8 million)
  • 1st place By gross harvest of grains and leguminous crops among the regions of the Volga Federal District (7114.9 thousand tons)
  • 1st place Sunflower harvest among regions of the Russian Federation (2.3 million tons)
  • 1st place According to the gross harvest of vegetables from open (280.4 thousand tons) and closed (39.8 thousand tons) soil among the regions of the Volga Federal District

Soil structure of the Saratov region, thousand hectares

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Cluster of greenhouse vegetables

  • 5 large greenhouse farms
  • 123.9 hectares total area of ​​greenhouses
  • 39.8 thousand tons gross harvest of greenhouse vegetables

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

  • Large and medium-sized enterprises of the IT industry in the region >90
  • Total number of people employed in the IT sector >5 200
  • Representative offices of large domestic companies:
    Neoflex, Bell Integrator JSC, Artezio LLC, Tamtek LLC, Haulmont, Digital Design

FINANCIAL AND CREDIT INSTITUTIONS OF THE REGION

Information on the number of structural divisions of credit institutions regionally, as well as state registers of microfinance organizations, pawnshops, credit consumer cooperatives and agricultural credit consumer cooperatives are posted on the Bank of Russia website on the Internet and updated on a daily basis.

Current data on credit institutions can be found at the following link:
http://www.cbr.ru/banking_sector/credit/cstat/

TOURIST POTENTIAL

> 1 000 000
Tourists per year
114
Tourist bases and recreation centers
23
Sanatorium and resort organizations
11
State and municipal theaters
87
Specially protected natural areas, incl. Khvalynsky National Park and Saratovsky State Nature Reserve
31
State and Municipal Museum
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