Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Wokulski anotanga basa rake somushandi paHopfer's, resitorendi yeWarsaw. Mwana wemhuri yakaderera yevakuru vokuPoland anorota nezvoupenyu hwokushanda mune zvesayenzi. Pashure pokunge apinda muchirongwa chakakundikana
1863 Achipandukira Umambo hweRussia, anotongerwa kuendeswa kuSiberia. Pakudzokera kwake kuWarsaw, anova mutengesi pachitoro cheMinsel. Anoroora chirikadzi yomuridzi wekare (uyo anozofa), anowana mari uye anoishandisa kutanga ukama nemumwe mutengesi weRussia waakasangana naye ari muutapwa. Vatengesi vacho vaviri vanoenda kuBulgaria munguva yeHondo yeRusso-Turkish ya1877-1878, uye Wokulski anoita hupfumi achipa Mauto eRussia.