Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukurudziro yeRussia muma1840, Nicholas I akarambidza kushandiswa kwemutauro weBelarusian muzvikoro zveveruzhinji, akaita mushandirapamwe kurwisa zvinyorwa zveBelarusian uye akaedza kumanikidza avo vakanga vatendeukira kuchiKaturike pasi pevaPoland kuti vadzokere pakutenda kweOrthodox. Muna 1863, dzvinyiriro yezvemari netsika yakaputika mukumukira
, inotungamirirwa naKonstanty Kalinowski (anozivikanwawo saKastus). Mushure mokunge kupandukira kwakundikana, hurumende yeRussia yakadzorera kushandiswa kweCyrillic kuBelarusian muna 1864 uye hapana magwaro muBelarusian akabvumirwa nehurumende yeRussia kusvika muna 1905.