Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Uku kupinzwa zvisiri pamutemo kwemapepanhau echiLithuania kwaiva nezvakaitika kare. Kutevera Kumukira kwePoland neLithuania kwa1863
, hurumende yaTsarist yakanga yarambidza kubudiswa kwemapepanhau ose aishandisa arufabheti yechiLatin, danho raireva kurambidzwa kwe"de facto" kwepepanhau rose reLithuania. Kurambidzwa uku kwakaenderera mberi kwezana ramakore rechi19; muna 1898 pamapepanhau gumi nemasere aibuda muchiLithuanian, gumi nerimwe rakabudiswa nevaLithuania vainge vatama vachienda kuAmerica uye mamwe manomwe akabudiswa muEast Prussia.