The city has a population of about one million people and is situated in, what is known as, the Black Earth Region, a particularly fertile agricultural area. However, Voronezh itself is an industrial city, home to a large rubber and tyre plant and the Illytian Aircraft company. Voronezh has a strong educational base with nine universities specialising in industry, agriculture, arts and science, including the third largest university in Russia, Voronezh State.
Voronezh is situated in the central European section of Russia, approx. 510 km (320 miles) south of the capital Moscow, on the main north south highway to the Black Sea. Its about a 7 hour drive from Moscow, a 70 minute flight, or the overnight train takes 11.5 hours (its slow !!)
As you can see, the city is divided by a reservoir, actually created from the dammed
Voronezh River. Curiously the left hand side of the city according to this North/South
map is called the Right Bank, and the right hand side is called the Left Bank. This
is due to the flow of the river which is North to South. Most of the cities population
live on the Right Bank (as do I) and for us ‘Right Bankers’ the Left Bank is almost
a different country, many of us having to get the map out if we have to cross the
river :-
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About Voronezh
