What is "yasenevo"

Yasenevo is a station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. It was designed by N. Shumakov, G. Mun, and N. Shurygina and opened on 17 January 1990. Yasenevo has round, greenish marble columns and walls faced with yellowish metallic tile and pink marble. The recessed oblong spaces between ceiling beams house chandeliers of a simple geometric design.

The entrances to the station are located under an intersection between Novoyasenevsky avenue, Tarusskaya street and Yasnogorskaya street.

Yasenevo is a Russian geographical name derived from the word "yasen" , meaning "ash" (tree). It can refer to several entities, all located in Russia:

• Yasenevo District, a district of the South-Western Administrative Okrug of Moscow
  • Yasenevo metro station in Yasenevo District
  • Yasenevo (estate), a historic mansion in Yasenevo District
• Yasenevo (Moscow Oblast), a village in the Klinsky District of Moscow Oblast
• Yasenevo (Rostov Oblast), a village in the Salsky District of Rostov Oblast
• Yasenevo (Yaroslavl Oblast), a village in the Rybinsk area of Yaroslavl Oblast