Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Kazimir Malevich an haife shi Kazimierz Malewicz ga dangin Poland, waɗanda suka zauna kusa da Kyiv a cikin Kiev Governorate na Daular Rasha a lokacin raba Poland. Iyayensa, Ludwika da Seweryn Malewicz, Roman Katolika ne kamar yawancin 'yan asalin Poland, kodayake mahaifinsa ya halarci ayyukan Orthodox. Dukansu sun gudu daga tsoffin yankuna na gabashin Commonwealth (yanzu yankin Kopyl na Belarus) zuwa Kyiv bayan rashin nasarar Yakin Janairu na Poland na 1863
a kan sojojin tsarist.