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AUSRININKAI

 

 

AUSRININKAI - a group of patriots of the Lithuanian national renaissance who centered their activities around the clandestine periodical Ausra (The Dawn; 1883-1886). The Ausrininkai (literally, the "Dawnists") contributed articles to the periodical, edited it, and distributed it in Lithuania proper. (See Ausra.).

Literature:
ENCYCLOPEDIA LITUANICA. 1970-1978, Boston