Vasily Tatishchev assumed that the ruins near Yantikovsky (Kirelsky) in what is today Kamsko-Ustyinsky District (Kama-Ustjin District) were the remains of Ashla. Another supporter of this version, A. Smirnov, advanced that the name of the city comes from the Esegel tribe of the Volga Bulgars.
Vasily Tatishchev and A. Smirnov both considered the ruins near Yantikovsky (Kirelsky) in today's Kamsko-Ustyinsky District (Kama-Ustjin District) to be associated with Ashla, while Smirnov proposed that the city's name was derived from the Esegel tribe of the Volga Bulgars.