Cika wannan jumla: Bayan Yakin Poland-Lithuania
Bayan tashin hankali na I na 1863, gwamnatin daular Rasha ta tsananta kokarin ta na russifying yawan mutanen Lithuania da kuma nisantar da shi daga asalinsa na tarihi, gami da imanin Roman Katolika, wanda ya yadu sosai a cikin shekarun Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.