The Russification failed owing to an extensive network of book smugglers and secret Lithuanian home schooling .
They banned the Lithuanian press , closed cultural and educational institutions , and made Lithuania part of a new administrative region called Northwestern Krai .
The Russification failed owing to an extensive network of book smugglers and secret Lithuanian home schooling .
They banned the Lithuanian press , closed cultural and educational institutions , and made Lithuania part of a new administrative region called Northwestern Krai .