His family soon moved to Piaršai, where his father worked as a ranger for Count Tyškevič of Valožyn, and then to Karpilaŭka, near Radaškovičy.

[2][3][4] Soon he moved to Radaškovičy, where he worked as an assistant pharmacist and got involved in the town's cultural life, including literary parties.

He began to study literature and wrote the play The Crook, which was staged locally before being banned by the Tzarist police.

[2][3] From 1913, he worked in the editorial office of the newspaper The Belarusian and was also the technical editor of the magazine The Plow and The Luchina.

He also wrote the essays Letters from the Road, in which the author describes his 500 km trek across Belarus, the memoir Memories (1921), and the unfinished novel Gold.