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N. A. (Nicolas A.) Kubalski
1794–1875
Best known for vivid travel writing about Siberia, this 19th-century Polish-born author and former officer wrote from lived experience and a restless political era.
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Voyages en Sibérie
by N. A. (Nicolas A.) Kubalski
About the author
Born in 1794 and identified in library records as Mikołaj Ambroży Kubalski, he is also listed under the French-style form N. A. (Nicolas A.) Kubalski. Surviving catalog records connect him with several 19th-century works in French, including Voyages en Sibérie and Mémoires sur l'expédition des réfugiés polonais en Suisse et en Savoie dans les années 1833-1834.
Those titles suggest a life shaped by travel, exile, and politics as well as literature. He appears to have written both as a traveler and as a witness to the struggles of Polish émigrés, which gives his work a personal, historical edge.
The basic facts of his life are not widely documented online, but major catalog sources agree on his identity and place him in the years 1794–1875. A confirmed portrait was not available from the sources checked.