Web-sites: http://limonov-eduard.livejournal.com/, http://www.nazbol.ru/, http://www.theotherrussia.org/

Eduard Limonov (Эдуард Лимонов) was born Eduard Veniaminovich Savenko (Эдуард Вениаминович Савенко) in Dzerzhinsk, Nizhny Novgorod region, on Feb. 22, 1943. He grew up in Kharkov, Ukraine.

1966-67: Moved to Moscow. Supported himself as a tailor.

Late 1960s: Entered the Moscow literary avant-garde scene

1974: Immigrated to the United States. In his version of events, he was forced to either emigrate or leave Moscow after refusing to become a KGB informant.

1976: Published his first book, "It's Me, Eddie," which was highly controversial for its homosexual content. The book was a huge success and has been translated into 15 languages.

1970s-1982: Limonov was a mainstay in the New York punk scene and an active socialist. He supported himself as a proofreader and writer for various Russian-language publications.

1982-1991: Lived in Paris. Published several of his major works, including "His Butler's Story." Granted French citizenship in 1987.

1991: Returned to the Soviet Union. Granted Russian citizenship in 1992.

1992: Briefly joined Vladimir Zhirinovsky's Liberal Democratic Party. Limonov later split from Zhirinovsky, accusing him of inaction, moderation and being too cozy with those in power.

c.1993: Founded the extreme right-wing National Bolshevik Party along with its mouthpiece, the newspaper Limonka (Russian slang for a hand grenade as well as a play on Limonov's name). The party has never been granted registration and has been banned several times, most recently in 2007.

1993: Ran for the State Duma in what would be the first of many failed bids for public office

1996: In one of many run-ins with the law — most of which have been connected with unsanctioned demonstrations — Limonov was found guilty of disseminating "illegal and immoral information" through Limonka. The charge was in reference to a series of articles from 1995 in which Limonov accused "bad peoples" — Chechens, Croatians, Latvians, Czechs and others — of being collectively guilty of crimes against Russia.

2001: Arrested and charged with illegal purchase of arms in connection with an alleged plot to form a rebel army in northern Kazakhstan. He was sentenced to four years in prison in 2003, but was released shortly thereafter on good behavior.

2006-present: Active member of the unregistered Other Russia party. He has served as party chairman since July 2010.

2007-present: Active organizer of Dissenters' Marches and later the Strategy 31 movement, which asserts the constitutional freedom of assembly by gathering on the 31st of every month, usually without official sanction

Limonov notably supported Serbia in the Bosnian War — the BBC famously videotaped him firing sniper rounds into besieged Sarajevo next to Radovan Karadzic — as well as separatists in Abkhazia and Transdnestr.

He has expressed his intention to run for president in 2012.

Limonov has been married four times and has two children with his current wife, Yekaterina Volkova.