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I am researching my great-grandmother. In a naturalization form on 1936-04-23, she listed her place and date of birth as Kolashine, Russia, 1888-11-09.

Source: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2280/images/31301_168428-00442

Where is Kolashine, Russia?

The only thing close to this that I've found is Kolasin, Montenegro, but this area has never been a part of Russia, so I guess that must not be the same place. Her husband was Polish (from the disputed Russian-Poland division area) so I thought perhaps it was in this same area, but I've searched google, ancestry.com, and oldmapsonline.org and found no results.

Following the advice on FamilyTree's wiki section for Russian Poland, I checked the relevant section of the 1877 Gazetteer of the Kingdom of Poland, but didn't find anything that looked like a match.

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Source: https://www.sbc.org.pl/dlibra/publication/11404/edition/10794/content?ref=desc

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  • I’m also looking at old family records, and coming across the exact same city. Did you ever figure anything out about this?
    – David Rigden
    Sep 7, 2022 at 21:53
  • @DavidRigden you and I are cousins. I do not know why the user below suggested it but it turns out he was right, I found our ancestors' records in Kałuszyn. You can check out my family tree on ancestry.com for more info.
    – williamcodes
    Sep 8, 2022 at 16:49

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Maybeit is Kaluszyn, near Warsaw

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    Welcome to G&FH. Can you explain a little more about why you think this is the right answer?
    – user6485
    Jan 13, 2022 at 12:55
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Phonetically, my immediate guess was Kalyazin in Tver' oblast, Russia. (However this town is north of Moscow and not very close to Poland.)

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