Ka cika wannan jumla: Wannan fasa-kwaurin jaridun Lithuania yana da tarihin da ya gabata. Bayan da
Tashin hankali na Poland da Lithuania na 1863, tsarin Tsarist ya hana buga dukkan jaridu da ke amfani da haruffan Latin, matakin da ya zama "de facto" haramcin dukkan 'yan jaridar Lithuania. Wannan haramcin ya tsawaita har zuwa ƙarshen karni na 19; a cikin 1898 na jaridu 18 da ke fitowa a cikin Lithuanian, 11 daga cikin Lithuanians ne suka yi hijira a Amurka kuma sauran 7 an buga su a Gabashin Prussia.