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Napoleon Orda (February 11, 1807 – April 26, 1883) was a Polish-Lithuanian musician, pianist, composer and artist.

Napoleon Orda was born in the village of Worocewicze (now Varacevičy) in the Pinsk district of Minsk guberniya (now Ivanava district, Brest voblast, Belarus) in his father’s manor. His father Michał Orda was an impoverished noble and the marshal of the powiat of Kobryn. After finishing a secondary school in Świsłocz in 1823, he started mathematical studies at the Vilno University. However, his university career came to an end when he was arrested by the Russian secret police for taking part in an illegal Polish patriotic organisation. Although he was released soon afterwards, he was not allowed to continue his studies.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_Orda