Walery Karłowicz Mroczkowski (April 6, 1840 – October 1, 1889) was a Polish insurgent in the 1863 January Uprising. He was arrested and imprisoned by the Prussian authorities. Upon release in 1865, he was sent into exile and travelled to Italy, Switzerland, London and finally settled in France. While in Florence he met Mikhail Bakunin and became an anarchist and a member of the latter's close circle. He is also known as a portrait photographer in France, working under the pseudonym, "Ostroga" or "Valerien Ostroga".
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6 April 1840 Olonets, Russia
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Died |
1 October 1889 (aged 49) Paris, France
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Zodiac | Aries |
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