Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A lokacin tashin hankali na Janairu
a cikin 1863, an yi gwagwarmaya mai tsanani a cikin birni, amma Mikhail Muravyov ya kwantar da hankali, wanda ake kira "The Hangman" da jama'a saboda yawancin kisan da ya shirya. Bayan tawayen, an cire duk 'yancin jama'a, kuma an hana amfani da yaren Poland da Lithuania. Vilnius yana da yawan jama'ar yahudawa: bisa ga ƙididdigar Rasha na 1897, daga cikin jimillar yawan jama'a 154,500, yahudawa sun kai 64,000 (kimanin kashi 40%). A farkon karni na 20, mutanen da ke magana da yaren Lithuania na Vilnius sun kasance 'yan tsiraru ne kawai, tare da yaren Poland, Yiddish, da kuma Rasha da ke kunshe da yawancin mutanen garin.A ranar 4 ga Disamba, 1905, an gudanar da Babban Seimas na Vilnius a cikin ginin Philharmonic Society na Lithuania na yanzu tare da mahalarta 2000. Shi ne na farko na zamani na kasa majalisa a Lithuania. Majalisar ta yanke shawarar buƙatar babban ikon cin gashin kai na siyasa a cikin Daular Rasha kuma cimma wannan ta hanyar lumana. Ana ɗaukarsa a matsayin muhimmin mataki zuwa Dokar Independence of Lithuania, wanda Majalisar Lithuania ta karɓa a ranar 16 ga Fabrairu 1918, kamar yadda Seimas ya kafa tushe don kafa jihar Lithuania mai zaman kanta.