Lithuanian press ban

thumb|Auszra issues 10 & 11 published in 1884 Aušra or Auszra (literally: Dawn) was the first national Lithuanian newspaper. The first issue was published in 1883 in Ragnit, East Prussia, Germany (the newspaper credited it as ), East Prussia's ethnolinguistic part – Lithuania Minor. Later, it was published monthly in Tilsit (present-day Sovetsk). Even though only forty issues were published and circulation did not exceed 1,000, it was a significant event marking the beginning of the Lithuanian national rebirth that eventually resulted in an independent Lithuanian State (1918–1940). This period

ban on Lithuanian language publications in Russia

thumb|150px|Cover page of the first issue of Varpas (1889)

thumb|Cover page of the 6th issue of Ūkininkas (1891) Ūkininkas or Ukinįkas (literally: The Farmer) was a monthly Lithuanian-language newspaper published during the Lithuanian press ban by the editorial staff of Varpas from 1890 to 1905. Ūkininkas was printed in Tilsit (current Sovetsk) and Ragnit (current Neman) in German East Prussia and smuggled into Lithuania by the knygnešiai.