This page is a summarized version of my longer paper, entitled "Russian Mormonism: Geographic and Historical Foundations". While the complete paper includes many geographic and historical details of interest to those wishing to study the subject in depth, this shorter summary will give a brief understanding of why, where, and when Russian sectarians were called Mormons, and what these Russian Mormons believe....
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Story of Lyubov Korol, daughter of a Russian Mormon who joined the LDS Church in 1996. Korol knew little of the Mormon faith of her parents and joined the LDS Church believing them to be one and the same. The author of the article also makes this assumption, but Korol's parents were likely Mormon refugees from Samara Oblast. Korol was originally from Omsk, not Minsk as the article states....
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This Newsnet (BYU student newspaper) article describes the popular interest in the Russian sect. The article is available online.
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Professors Eliason and Browning incorporate their findings from research conducted in Russia in May 2000, comparing various accounts and making the first conclusions regarding the origin of Russian Mormonism. Published in BYU Studies, Volume 40, No. 1, 2001, pages 6-34. This journal is available online from BYU (Adobe PDF).
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Ms. Lyon's article recounts the rediscovery of Russian Mormonism by American Mormon missionaries and takes an insightful look into the earliest evidence of their existence. Article published in Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Volume 33, No. 1, Spring 2000, pages 1-24. Copies can be ordered online.
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Article published by Eric Eliason in the journal Western Folklore (Summer 2002). Provides extensive coverage of the "discovery" of Russian Mormons with a bibliography. The full article can be found free online.
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Russian Mormonism: Geographic and Historical Foundations (Adobe PDF). This paper includes my research findings from a trip sponsored by Brigham Young University and Gary Browning, conducted in May 2001. Extensive use of primary Orthodox sources and first-hand accounts of Samara Mormon communities in the 1800's.
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