Along with traditional issues, much attention is paid to the consideration of modern problems of the economy of Russia and its regions, increasing the socio-economic efficiency and competitiveness of the country. The regional aspects of the national economic organization are covered: territorial and economic zoning, features of the functioning of regional economies, the economic potential of the regions in the system of Russian potentials, inter-budgetary relations, socio-economic problems of the regions. For undergraduate students studying in the direction of "Economics".