Karolina Sobańska: spy romance with Mickiewicz in Odessa

Karolina Sobańska, mistress of Jan Witt, head of the Russian secret police, helped him surveil people suspected of opposition activity. When Adam Mickiewicz arrived in Odessa, he caught her attention, and a romance soon erupted between the poet and the countess. Emotions mixed with the work of the tsar's security services, making this relationship exceptionally dangerous for the poet.