fˈɑːloʊɪŋ hɪz ɐtˈɛndəns ʌvðə wˈɔːɹsɔː skˈuːl ʌv pəlˈɪɾɪkəl sˈaɪənsᵻz, hiː wʌz ᵻlˈɛktᵻd ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːɾi tə ðə pˈoʊlɪʃ sˈɛdʒəm fɹʌmðə juːkɹˈeɪniən pˌɑːpjʊlˈeɪʃən ʌv vɑːlhˈɪniə.
Following his attendance of the Warsaw School of Political Sciences, he was elected in 1930 to the Polish Sejm from the Ukrainian population of Volhynia.