Lithuanian book smugglers or Lithuanian book carriers (Lithuanian: knygnešiaĩ, singular: knygnešys) smuggled Lithuanian language books printed in the...

among the Lithuanian Americans abroad. In 1925, Pranas Valuskis filmed movie Naktis Lietuvoje (Night in Lithuania) about Lithuanian book smugglers that left...

illegal book-smuggling at the time of the Lithuanian press ban (1864–1904). Bielinis is informally referred to as the King of Book Smugglers. Since 1989...

the Empire, largely in Lithuania Minor (East Prussia), and in the United States. Knygnešiai (Lithuanian book smugglers) smuggled illegal books and periodicals...

Bataitis (13 June 1854 – 12 March 1932) was a Lithuanian book smuggler during the time of the Lithuanian press ban in the area around Smilgiai. He also...

(31 March 1884 – 12 January 1946) was a Lithuanian writer and activist. Born to a family of petty Lithuanian nobles, Vaineikienė married physician and...

1881–1936) was a Lithuanian physician and activist. He was the father of the archaeologist Marija Gimbutas. Born to a family of Lithuanian peasants, Alseika...

about collecting Lithuanian books even though post-1864 books were illegal in the Russian Empire. He supported Lithuanian book smugglers and worked with...

Vincentas Juška (28 November 1860 – 17 January 1939) was a Lithuanian book smuggler. Vincentas Juška was born to a peasant family on 28 November 1860 in...

a Lithuanian politician and diplomat, and one of twenty signatories to the Act of Independence of Lithuania. Malinauskas was born to a Lithuanian family...

National Revival, best known for his collection of Lithuanian folklore. Born to a family of petty Lithuanian nobles in Samogitia, Davainis-Silvestraitis was...

Jurgis Šaulys (Lithuanian pronunciation: [ˈjʊrɡʲɪs ʃauˈlʲîːs] ; 5 May 1879–18 October 1948) was a Lithuanian economist, diplomat, and politician, and...

1845–1921) was a Prussian Lithuanian cultural and political activist. He supported Lithuanian book smugglers and sheltered Lithuanian activist fleeing the...

Izidorius joined the Lithuanian book smugglers movement presumably after reaching adulthood. He collaborated with many book smugglers from Rossiyensky Uyezd...

(20 September 1869 – 29 April 1933) was a Lithuanian Roman Catholic priest and an activist during the Lithuanian National Revival. He was a prolific writer...

was a Lithuanian paramilitary leader, one of the founders and first chairman of the Lithuanian Riflemen's Union. Born to a family of Lithuanian nobles...

in Lithuanian public life. He smuggled and distributed prohibited Lithuanian press and performed in America in the Bathhouse, the first Lithuanian play...

Stanislovas Didžiulis, she supported the Lithuanian book smugglers and their home was frequently visited by various Lithuanian activists. She contributed her fiction...

practice in Ariogala. At the same time, he actively supported Lithuanian book smugglers and was arrested by the Tsarist police in 1900 and exiled to Kazan...

activists, Lithuanian book smugglers. Kriaučiūnas became a strong supporter of Aušra, the first Lithuanian-language periodical aimed at Lithuanians in the...

important supply center for Lithuanian book smugglers and Lithuanian emigrants. Because she helped organize the smuggling of social democratic and communist...

Garšviai The Garšviai Book Smuggling Society was an illegal society of Lithuanian book smugglers during the Lithuanian press ban enacted in 1864. It was...

particularly the Lithuanian press ban. He sponsored the illegal practice of printing Lithuanian books in East Prussia and smuggling them into Lithuania by knygnešiai...

Ragnit and then smuggled to Russia by the Lithuanian book smugglers (knygnešiai). The first issue of the Lithuanian newspaper Auszra was published in the...

publication of Lithuanian books and newspapers during the Lithuanian press ban in Russia. Jankus was one of the suppliers for the knygnešiai, smugglers of illegal...

spreading Lithuanian language. Jakavičius was a book smuggler – transported Lithuanian language books printed in the Latin alphabet into Lithuanian-speaking...

education, he joined Lithuanian cultural life – smuggled banned Lithuanian press, assisted Vincas Kudirka with the publication of Lithuanian-language newspapers...

Russian rule. During the years of Lithuanian press ban, Sudovia was an important route for Knygnešiai (Lithuanian book smugglers) due to the region's proximity...

known by his pen name Šernas (1859–1922) was a Lithuanian non-fiction writer. He contributed to the Lithuanian-language newspapers Aušra and briefly served...

a Lithuanian Roman Catholic bishop, politician, educator, and author. He was one of the twenty signatories to the Act of Independence of Lithuania. Staugaitis...