Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te rohe nui rawa o te rohe o Lithuania i uru ki te Russian Empire. Whai muri i nga whakaoho kore i te tau 1831 me te
I te tau 1863, i whakatinanahia e nga mana Tsarist etahi kaupapa here Russification. I te tau 1840 ka whakakorea te Ture Tuatoru o Lithuania. I aukatia e rātau te pēhi o Rītana, i katia ngā whare ahurea me ngā kura mātauranga, ā, i hanga a Rītana hei wāhanga o tētahi rohe whakahaere hōu e kiia nei ko Northwestern Krai. I hinga te Rūhia, nā te whatunga whānui o ngā kaipupuri pukapuka o Rītana me te kura huna o Rītana i te kāinga.