Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Anton Berezowski (Rasha) ɗan wani talaka ɗan ƙasar Poland ne daga yankin Volyn na arewa maso yammacin Ukraine. Iyayensa sun koyar da kiɗa. A lokacin da yake dan shekara 16, a 1863, ya shiga cikin
'Yan tawayen Poland a kan mulkin Rasha. Ya yi hijira zuwa Paris a cikin 1865 inda ya yi aiki a cikin wani bitar aikin ƙarfe.