Lithuanian Out Loud

Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.   According to the Wikipedia page Knygnešiai, between 1866 and 1904 Russian authorities instituted a Lithuanian press ban in Lithuania.  The Russians attempted to replace the Lithuanian alphabet with the Russian or cyrillic alphabet.   The Lithuanian people responded with knygnešiai a combination of the word knyga – book and the verb nešti – to carry.   Knygnešiai – were people who smuggled printed materials from Lithuania minor and the United States into Lithuanian speaking areas of Imperial Russia.  The knygnešiai, or singular: knygnešys, became a symbol of the resistance of the Lithuanians against Russification.   When caught, knygnešiai were punished by fines, banishment, and exile, including deportation to Siberia.  Some were shot while crossing the border into Lithuania.   Knygnešiai http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knygne%C5%A1iai   In previous episodes we learned how