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Aušra or Auszra (literally: dawn) was the first national Lithuanian newspaper. The first issue was published in 1883, in Ragnit, East Prussia, Germany (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 the circulation did not exceed 1,000, it was a significant event as it marked the beginnings of the Lithuanian national rebirth that eventually resulted in an independent Lithuanian State (1918–1940). This period, between 1883 and 1904, when the Lithuanian press ban was enforced by Tsarist authorities, has been referred to as the Aušros gadynė (the Dawn Period). Due to financial difficulties the printing was discontinued in 1886.
Ausra might refer to:
- Ausra (company), an American solar power company
- Ausra Fridrikas (born 1967), Austrian handball player
Aušra is Lithuanian word for "dawn" and may refer to:
- Aušra, a Lithuanian newspaper
- Aušra, Kėdainiai, village in Lithuania
- Aušra, Lithuanian pagan goddess of dawn (see List of Lithuanian gods)
- Aušra Augustinavičiūtė (1927–2005), Lithuanian psychologist