Yasenevo District (russian: райо́н Я́сенево) is an administrative district (

raion A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is co ...

) of

South-Western Administrative Okrug South-Western Administrative Okrug (russian: Ю́го-За́падный администрати́вный о́круг, ), or Yugo-Zapadny Administrative Okrug, is one of the twelve high-level territorial divisions (administrative okrugs) of the ...

, and one of the 125 raions of

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

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. The area of the district is . Population: 172,300 (2017 est.).

General

Yasenevo is located in the South of Moscow and is adjacent to the

Moscow Ring Road The Moscow Automobile Ring Road (russian: link=no, Московская кольцевая автомобильная дорога, Moskovskaja koltsevaya avtomobilnaya doroga), or MKAD (), is a ring road running predominantly on the city border ...

. The development of the residential area started in 1976 under the leadership of

Yakov Belopolsky Yakov Borisovich Belopolski ( rus, Яков Борисович Белопольский; uk, Яків Борисович Білопільський) was a Soviet architect. Among other work, he was responsible for the design of the Soviet ...

, an architect specialising in complex development of residential districts. Yasenevo is a commuter area without major industrial sites. The neighbouring districts are Tyoply Stan to the West, Konkovo and Zyuzino to the North, and

Chertanovo Chertanovo (russian: Чертаново) is a housing area in the Southern Administrative Okrug of Moscow, Russia. The name derives from Chertanovo village first mentioned in 1665. The territory became part of Moscow in 1960. The area is 21,3&n ...

to the East. To the South, the area beyond the Ring Road has never been developed; it was part of the

Moscow Oblast Moscow Oblast ( rus, Моско́вская о́бласть, r=Moskovskaya oblast', p=mɐˈskofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ), or Podmoskovye ( rus, Подмоско́вье, p=pədmɐˈskovʲjə, literally "under Moscow"), is a federal subject of Rus ...

until 2012 when it was assigned to the newly-created

Novomoskovsky Administrative Okrug Novomoskovsky Administrative Okrug (russian: Новомосковский административный округ), is one of the twelve administrative okrugs of Moscow. The okrug was created on July 1, 2012. The administrative center ...

. From all directions except the Western one, the Yasenevo residential area is surrounded by the

Bitsa Park Bitsevski Park (russian: Битцевский парк), or Bitsa Park, is one of the largest natural parks (forests) in Moscow, Russia. The park, traversed by the Chertanovka River and the Bitsa River, sprawls for some 10 km from north to sou ...

and is not directly adjacent to any other district. The Western part of Yasenevo forms a limited industrial/warehouse area. Of the 25,4 sq km of Yasenevo's area, only 6,4 sq km are developed for residential purposes (the majority of the district's area being the Bitsa Park). Yasenevo's residential space amounts to almost 3 million square metres. As of July 2020, Yasenevo was ranked 55th among Moscow's districts in terms of average housing prices. Yasenevo is one of the ecologically cleanest areas of Moscow. The highest point of Moscow is located in Yasenevo close to the Tyoply Stan metro station, at 255.2 metres above sea level. Up to the fall of the USSR,

KGB The KGB (russian: links=no, lit=Committee for State Security, Комитет государственной безопасности (КГБ), a=ru-KGB.ogg, p=kəmʲɪˈtʲet ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)əj bʲɪzɐˈpasnəsʲtʲɪ, Komitet gosud ...

insiders called the KGB headquarters located in Yasenevo "the Russian Langley." In the English-speaking world, Yasenevo is known for hosting the headquarters of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR).

Education

Yasenevo is the location of school 3 and 4 of the British International School, Moscow.

General

Education

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