But the Witnesses were still under ban in the huge Soviet Union and in its allied nations in the Warsaw Pact. Today, in these former Communist nations, there are well over half a million active Witnesses.
लेकिन इन राष्ट्रों में, जहाँ पहले कम्युनिस्ट शासन चलता था, आज 5 लाख से ज़्यादा साक्षी प्रचार कर रहे हैं ।