LDS Soldiers in Siberia during the Russian Revolution

MR says: Pretty cool stories here. Thomas Earl Hunsaker, a returned missionary from Malad, Idaho, and recent World War I draftee, saw an odd notice on a bulletin board at Camp Fremont, near Palo Alto, in August of 1918. Hunsaker was in basic training, assuming he would be sent to France along with the rest...

Mormon Musician in Moscow Finds Harmony Through Music

MR says: A great new "I'm a Mormon" video with Vasily Sapozhnikov, a musician. His interactions with his wife are priceless. (Turn on English subtitles with the "CC" button on the bottom right.)

Meteorite affects missionaries and members in Russia

MR says: Wow - this would have been frightening to experience. Glad to hear the missionaries and members have been stepping up to help the area recover from the meteorite. More than 1,000 people were injured when a meteorite traveling at 19 miles per second exploded over Chelyabinsk, a city 950 miles east of...

In Russia, pro-Putin youths protest Mormons as 'cult'

MR says: The Young Guard's claim that Mormons are promoting an American political agenda in Russia. Young supporters of Russian President Vladimir Putin have staged several protests this month outside Mormon meeting houses, claiming that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is an "authoritarian...

Liberal Mormon and conservative Catholic join forces for religious freedom

MR says: A liberal Mormon and a conservative Catholic have joined forces to promote religious liberty abroad, using their shared platform on the U.S. Commission on Religious Freedom. When a punk rock group got sent to prison for a protest at a Moscow cathedral earlier this year, Katrina Lantos Swett was an...

Pro-Kremlin youth group protests Mormon missionaries in Russia

MR says: The protest followed remarks by President Vladimir Putin calling for an end to the presence of non-governmental organizations with foreign links that promote democracy and civil society. The youth wing of the ruling United Russia party's held a protest on Thursday calling for a ban on Mormon...

New Russian 'I'm a Mormon' video

St. Petersburg Russia becomes home to nation's second stake

As for memorable birthdays, few can measure up to the one Elder Russell M. Nelson had on Sept. 9, 2012. On the day he turned 88 he organized the St. Petersburg Russia Stake. "It was my birthday present," Elder Nelson said of the opportunity he had of creating the second stake in Russia. The...

Russia's Mormons: Keeping the faith

MR says: A Russian newspaper features local members of the LDS faith. Today, the Church is still seen by Russian authority as a suspicious American religion. Rather than fantasizing about an ancestral American holy land or rallying behind high-profile Mormon Mitt Romney’s Republican bid for the U.S....

Vladimir Preshepa: 'I'm a Mormon'

MR says: Five new Russian "I'm a Mormon" videos have been created. I love this one about Vladimir Preshepa who was in a concentration camp during WWII and now designs rockets. (To get English subtitles, simply click the closed-captioning button at the bottom right of the video box, and select "English.")

LDS missionaries kidnapped in Russia 15 years ago reunite to tell faith-filled story

MR says: Two former Mormon missionaries who were kidnapped together in Russia reunite ahead of production on a movie about their experience. It has been almost 15 years since Andrew Propst and Travis Tuttle were kidnapped and held for ransom in the outskirts of a town in southwestern Russia, where they were...

Elder Christofferson Visits Growing Church in Eastern Europe

Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently spent 10 days visiting members, missionaries, Church leaders, and government officials throughout the Europe East Area. Other Church leaders, including Elder Ronald A....

Millions of records, images added to FamilySearch

Millions of new records and images have been added recently to FamilySearch.org for more than 20 countries, including Argentina, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Hungary, Italy, Micronesia, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Russia, Sweden and the...