Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Wokulski anotanga basa rake semushandi paHopfer's, resitorendi yeWarsaw. Mwana wemhuri yakaderera yevakuru vokuPoland anorota nezvoupenyu hwokushanda mune zvesayenzi. Pashure pokutora rutivi Mukumukira kwakakundikana kwa 1863
achipandukira Umambo hweRussia, anotongerwa kugara muSiberia. 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.