Ka cika wannan jumlar: Na biyu, mafi girma, yawan mutanen Rasha ya biyo bayan mamayewar Lithuania da Daular Rasha ta yi a lokacin Raba Poland a ƙarshen ƙarni na 18. A karkashin mulkin Rasha, iko a yankin ya kasance da farko a hannun masarautar Lithuania, amma wasu ayyukan gudanarwa a hankali 'yan Rasha suka karbe su, wadanda kuma suka zauna a birane kamar Vilnius da Kaunas. Har ila yau, bayan da
a cikin tashin hankali na 1863 a Poland an kwace wasu kaddarorin daga masu daraja na gida kuma aka ba su ga jami'an Rasha. Yawancin mutanen Rasha da suka ƙaura zuwa Lithuania sojoji ne, matuƙan jirgin ruwa, da 'yan kasuwa.