JUNE 10, 2010 — European Court of Human Rights declares the ban on the Moscow Community of Jehovah’s Witnesses a violation of human rights

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009 — Rostov Regional Court declares 34 publications of Jehovah’s Witnesses to be extremist

2009 — Russian law-enforcement authorities begin misapplying the Federal Law on Counteracting Extremist Activity

MARCH 26, 2004 — Moscow Community of Jehovah’s Witnesses banned

MARCH 1996 — Jehovah’s Witnesses fully exonerated as victims of political repression

DECEMBER 11, 1992 — Russian Federation legally registers Jehovah’s Witnesses

MARCH 27, 1991 — Soviet Union legally registers Jehovah’s Witnesses

OCTOBER 1965 — Easing of government restrictions and oppression

APRIL 1951 — About 9,500 Witnesses from six Soviet republics exiled to Siberia

1928 — Jehovah’s Witnesses fail to achieve legal registration; years of persecution begin

1891 — First Russian Witness exiled to Siberia

1887 — First recorded instance of The Watchtower being mailed to Russia