Lithuanians in Russia

Throughout modern history there were several occurrences of forced migration of Lithuanians in the interior of Russia.

[4] Other Lithuanian nobility entered Russian lands by marriage or by changing allegiance during wars.

During World War I a considerable number of Lithuanian refugees (among others) from Northwestern Krai and Suvalki Governorate fled into the interior of Russia.

Still more anti-Soviet Lithuanian partisans and political prisoners were placed into Gulag labor camps.

Reasons to remain include mixed families, old age, and poor financial status.