Marie Curie took up studying while Warsaw was beneath the rule of the Russian Empire.
Flying University ( Uniwersytet Latający , less often translated as `` Floating University '' ) was an underground educational enterprise that operated from 1885 to 1905 in Warsaw , the historic Polish capital , then under the control of the Russian Empire , and that was revived between 1977 and 1981 in the People 's Republic of Poland . Marie Curie . She studied at Warsaw 's clandestine Floating University and began her practical scientific training in Warsaw .