Alexandre Okinczyc
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| Intro | Physician | |
| was | Journalist Opinion journalist | |
| Work field | Journalism | |
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| Birth | 28 January 1839, Sialiec, Biaroza raion, Biaroza District, Brest Region | |
| Death | 18 March 1886Villepreux, canton of Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche, arrondissement of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines (aged 47 years) |
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Alexandre Okinczyc (Belarusian: Аляксандар Акінчыц, Aliaksandr Akinchyts, 1839–1886) was a Polish and French 19th century physician and memoirist of Belarusian ethnicity.
He sent to Siberia by Tsar Alexander II's troops after participating in the January Uprising in Belarus, Poland and Lithuania. From there he succeeded to escape to the West. He established in France and became a known doctor.
There he wrote in Polish the story of his adventure, which was later translated to French by Joséphine Bohdan. The original Polish written version of the memoirs seems to be owned by Jean and Madeleine Okinczyc. The doctor died in Villepreux. There, the "Association des amis du vieux Villepreux" offers a museum about the "Docteur Alexandre" and there is a street named "rue du Docteur Alexandre".