Moscow - the capital of Russia. Moscow is located in the center of European Russia, between the rivers Oka and Volga river Moscow, at an average altitude of 180 m above sea level. The whole town and its immediate suburbs sprawled at the junction of the Smolensk-Moscow Upland, Moskvoretsko-Oka Mescherskaya plains and lowlands. Moscow borders with 7 other areas, in particular: NE - Yaroslavl region, V. - Vladimir region, South-Eastern - Ryazan region, Yu - Tula region, UW - Kaluga region, ZB - Smolensk region, northwest - Tver Region. Moscow has a convenient traffic situation due to geographical factors and Historically trade relations with other commercial and industrial centers of Russia. There is also a radial configuration of the highways. Moscow Capital Region is located in the immediate accessibility to the largest raw material bases of the country: the Volga (oil, gas), Ural (metals), the European north (timber, fish, coal, oil, gas) and Belarus (agricultural raw materials).