Chortkiv district located in the north-west of Rostov region. On the west it borders with Ukraine, in the north - with the Voronezh region. Here is the border post control "Chertkovo." In the district center on the street. Friendship of Peoples, it borders separating Russia and Ukraine. The predominant soil - southern black earth. The mineral resources are mined clay, sand, stone, gravel. The basis of the economy of the region is agriculture. In the region of 40 farms zernozhivotnovodcheskogo direction.