Conversation so far:
what country is Joseph Conrad born in?
born in the Russian.
which commonwealth was he from?
Polish-Lithuanian.
whats important about the article?
Eventually Conrad would make his home in England.
did he become a citizen of england?
On 2 July 1886 he applied for British nationality, which was granted on 19 August 1886.
whats his dads name?
his father Apollo.
was he stuck in russia?
had not been released from being a Russian subject.
why was he stuck?
Conrad could not return to Ukraine, in the Russian Empire - he would have been liable to many years' military service and, as the son of political exiles, to harassment.

Question: who helped him?
Self-contained rewrite: who helped Joseph Conrad