I am looking for anyone knowing anything about the following names. These are possible relatives of my mother. The names I have are as follows: Sonia Rumiantseva, Rakhil Markovna Fangold, Lyda Sweeney, Alexander Ivanovich Nassonov, Anna Nickolaevna Rumiantseva.

2-23-2003: Hello: You have possible familiar names, but they may be common Russian names. Alex and Nickolaevna. We have two uncles bn. abt. 1910-1912, but our family name from Chita, Siberia, Russia is possibly Nicolaeffe or various spelling. One boy Alex and one boy Wladimir. One born in Hawaii and the other in California. the maiden name of the mother is Armenian, (Santurian or Saturin) .ROSEBLAZER@MSN.COM

My great-grandmother's maiden name was Ekaterina Mikhailovna Nikolaevna. She was born in Ostashkov, near Kiev, Ukraine. Her mother was Irina Semonovna. From what I can tell, both Nikolaev and Semonov are common Russian surnames.

My great-grandmother and her 2nd husband, Arseny Vlasoff lived in Tientsin (now Tianjin) from about 1921 to 1949. In 1949 they fled the communist advances and went to Shanghai to catch a ship to Tubabao, Philippines. They were Displaced Persons there until 1951 when the US allowed them and a couple thousand others from Russia to come in to the country.

It is unknown what happened to her first husband, my grandmother's father, Ivan Petrovich Plasovsky. My grandmother last saw him in 1928. It was presumed that he returend to the Soviet Union.

I would be happy to hear if there is other family still in Russia.