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Korzybski was born in Warsaw, Poland which at that time was part of the Russian Empire.

He was part of an aristocratic Polish family whose members had worked as mathematicians, scientists, and engineers for generations.

He learned the Polish language at home and the Russian language in schools ; and having a French governess and a German governess, he became fluent in these four languages as a child.