Elder Nikolai Ustyuzhaninov was named an Area Seventy and a member of the Seventh Quorum of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the April 2022 general conference. He previously served as president of the Russia Rostov-na-Donu Mission. He is currently serving in the Eurasian Area Presidency.
Elder Ustyuzhaninov has served in a number of Church callings, including branch president, counselor in a district presidency, district president, and counselor in a mission presidency.
Elder Ustyuzhaninov received a degree in construction projects and reinforced concrete structures from the Perm College of Construction. He has worked as a machining center operator for JSC STAR, a teacher for Linqua Language Center, an owner of Bridge Language Center, and a coordinator for Seminaries and Institutes of Religion.
Nikolai Anatolevich Ustyuzhaninov was born in Perm, Russia, on September 27, 1978. He married Yulia Nikolaevna Savinovskaya in 2003. They are the parents of four children.