The first mention of the Yauza (as "Auza") in Russian chronicles is directly connected to the foundation of Moscow: according to the chronicles, in 1156 Yury Dolgoruky "founded Moscow at the estuary of Neglinnaya above the Yauza" on the site owned by Stepan Kuchka and known through another chronicle since 1147. There is no generally accepted etymology for "Yauza" or "Auza". Similar toponyms ("Auzas", "Auzes", "Auzi") exist in modern Latvia; the Baltic origins of "Yauza" are generally accepted but have not been proven.