Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Na biyu, mafi girma, kwararar mutanen Rasha ya biyo bayan haɗewar Lithuania da Daular Rasha yayin Rarraba Poland a ƙarshen karni 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. Haka kuma bayan tashin hankali na 1863
a Poland an kwace wasu kaddarorin daga masu daraja na gida kuma an ba su ga jami'an Rasha. Yawancin mutanen Rasha da suka ƙaura zuwa Lithuania sojoji ne, matuƙan jirgin ruwa, da 'yan kasuwa.