This animation compares seven maps of Gargzdai, and may assist in demonstrating how the town has changed over the years.

The following maps are repeatedly cycled at 3.5 second intervals:

• Russian Empire 1866-1872
• Karte des Deutschen Reiches 1860-1880 (supplemented 1910)
• Russian Military (1910) (1:100,000)
• Karte des Deutschen Reiches 1913 - 1915
• Karte des Deutschen Reiches 1921 - 1929
• Lithuanian Army Topographic 1938
• Soviet Military 1978

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