The Napoleonic era saw Lithuanian volunteers unite to form nine regiments to fight for the liberation of their country. The defeat of Napoleon. however. brought an end to the provisional Lithuanian Government. Churches. schools. monasteries were abolished as Czar Nicholas decreed the policy of "Russification" that sought to turn Lithuania into a Russian province. Undaunted by previous failures. the Lithuanians again rebelled in 1863 and 1864. only to be crushed again with cruelty. Siberian exile. and forced emigration. In 1905. yet another revolt suffered the same fate. Russian domination temporarily came to an end in 1915 when Lithuania was overrun by the German armies.
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