Dedicated to one of the largest industrial, economic and cultural centers of Ukraine, centers of higher education and science - Kharkiv region, located in the north-east of Ukraine. The economic-geographical position of the region stimulated the development of mechanical engineering (energy, electrical, transport, agriculture) and metal processing. The products of Kharkiv machine-building enterprises have world-wide recognition, in particular, the Kharkov tractor plant and the plant of tractor engines, the state aviation enterprise, the factory of self-propelled chassis, etc. The minerals in the region are represented by natural gas, oil, stone and brown coal, rock salt, phosphorites, ocher , clay, sands, limestone, chalk, etc. Kharkiv region occupies an important place in Ukraine in the production of commodity grain, important technical crops, vegetable growing and horticulture