heavily Russificied while part of the Russian Empire, especially in the second half of the 19th century. During the ban on Lithuanian printing in Russia from 1864 until 1904, Lithuanian books were printed in East Prussian towns such as Tilsit, Ragnit, Memel, and Königsberg, and smuggled to Russia by knygnešiai. The first Lithuanian language periodicals appeared during the period in Lithuania Minor, such as Auszra, edited by Jonas Basanavičius, succeeded by Varpas by Vincas Kudirka. They had contributed greatly to the Lithuanian national revival of the 19th century. See also Regions of Lithuania Masuria References Footnotes Notations Simon Grunau, Preussische Chronik. Hrsg. von M. Perlbach etc., Leipzig, 1875. Adalbert Bezzenberger, Die litauisch-preußische Grenze.- Altpreußische Monatsschrift, XIX–XX, 1882–1883. K. Lohmeyer, Geschichte von Ost- und Westpreußen, Gotha, 1908 R. Trautmann, Die Altpreußischen Sprachdenkmaler,Göttingen, 1909 L. David. Preussische Chronik. Hrsg. von Hennig, Königsberg, 1812 M. Toeppen, Historische-comparative Geographie von Preußen, Gotha, 1958 External links Timeline of Lithuania Minor The Folklore of the Lietuvininkai Names of Settlements in Lithuania Minor Map of Lithuania Minor, with Lithuanian-type placenames Detailed area maps of Kaliningrad Oblast with Lithuanian place names (text in German) Maps Under the German Empire (1871–1914) Under the Kingdom of Prussia (1701–1871) Under the Duchy of Prussia (1525–1701) (text in Lithuanian with some English translations added) Lithuanian ethnographic regions Geography of Prussia Historical regions