# Kurier Litewski

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'''''Kurier Litewski''''' (''Lithuanian Courier''; {{langx|lt|Lietuvos kurjeris}}) was the first periodical [newspaper](/source/newspaper) (weekly) published in the [Grand Duchy of Lithuania](/source/Grand_Duchy_of_Lithuania).<ref name="vle">{{cite web |title=Kurier Litewski |url=https://www.vle.lt/Straipsnis/Kurier-Litewski-24220 |website=[vle.lt](/source/vle.lt) |language=lt |accessdate=1 August 2020}}</ref><ref name="ldm">{{cite web |title=Kurier Litewski |url=http://old.ldm.lt/klasicizmo_epocha/atrask/3_0_p1.asp |website=old.ldm.lt |language=lt |accessdate=1 August 2020 |archive-date=1 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801225703/http://old.ldm.lt/klasicizmo_epocha/atrask/3_0_p1.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was published in [Polish](/source/Polish_language) and later, after the [partitions of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth](/source/Partitions_of_Poland), also [Russian](/source/Russian_language), in [Vilnius](/source/Vilnius) from 19 April 1760 to 19 August 1763 by the [Academy of Vilnius](/source/Academy_of_Vilnius).<ref name="vle"/><ref name="ldm"/> After the [suppression of the Society of Jesus](/source/suppression_of_the_Society_of_Jesus) in the Commonwealth in 1773,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://jezuici.pl/kasata-zakonu/ |title=Kasata Zakonu |trans-title=Abolishment Order |work=Society of Jesus in Poland |year=2014  |accessdate=20 February 2014|language=pl}}</ref> the newspaper passed into private hands and was published until 1915 under different names.<ref name="ldm"/> The newspaper retained the word ''Litewski'' (Lithuanian) in its name until 1840, despite dissolution of the [Grand Duchy of Lithuania](/source/Grand_Duchy_of_Lithuania) and the Commonwealth in 1795.<ref name="ldm"/>

The newspaper wrote about the political life of the Commonwealth and other countries and published news about Vilnius culture, science and medicine, and included the supplements ''Wiadomości Literackie'' (1760–63), ''Wiadomości Cudzoziemskie'' (1760–63, initially was called ''Wiadomości Uprzywilejowane'') and ''Suplement do Gazet Wileńskich'' (1761–63).<ref name="vle" />

==History==
Initially, a total of 34 issues appeared of ''Kurier Litewski'', which was prepared for release by [Jesuits](/source/Jesuits). At the time, it was the only periodical to be granted royal privilege to print.<ref name="ldm"/> Its editors at that time were Jesuit priests Franciszek Paprocki and Aleksander Januszkiewicz.<ref>Regina Jakubėnas, 2006: ''Początki i sytuacja prasy w Europie i w Rzeczypospolitej Obojga Narodów''. Senoji Lietuvos literatūra. 20 knyga. P. 159–202. ISSN 1822-3656. http://vddb.library.lt/fedora/get/LT-eLABa-0001:J.04~2005~ISSN_1822-3656.N_20.PG_159-202/DS.002.2.01.ARTIC</ref>

After the [closure of the Jesuit Order](/source/Suppression_of_the_Society_of_Jesus) in 1773, the ''Kurier Litewski'' passed into private hands, and in 1789 the publishing of this newspaper came to a complete halt. After a seven-year hiatus, the newspaper was published again.<ref name="ldm" /> From 1796 onwards, it was published twice a week in [Grodno](/source/Grodno), until it moved back to Vilnius the following year.<ref name="ldm" /> Until 1834, it was issued only in [Polish](/source/Polish_language), but from 1834, following the ongoing [Russification](/source/Russification) campaign in the [Russian partition](/source/Russian_Partition), it was issued in two languages – Polish and [Russian](/source/Russian_language).<ref name="ldm" /> In 1840, the newspaper's name was changed: the Polish variant was renamed to ''[Kurier Wileński](/source/Kurier_Wile%C5%84ski)'' (''Vilnius Courier'') and the Russian variant to ''Vilenskij Vestnik'' (''Vilnius Herald'').<ref name="ldm" /> After the [1863 Uprising](/source/January_Uprising) due to the even stricter Russification policy, the Polish variant was abolished, therefore only the Russian variant ''Vilensky Vestnik'' was published until 1915.<ref name="ldm" />

==Editors==
Editors of the initial newspaper were Franciszek Paprocki, A. Januszkiewicz, W. Wiażewicz.<ref name="vle"/>

==References==
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