Below are Victor's diary entries that he began writing in 1918 when he was 55 years old. The hand-written diary was translated from Russian into English by Olga A. Fuhrman. Click any of the Month names below to begin reading, or you can expand each Month name and click on specific dates. "October, 1918" is the start of the diary.
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The complete list of Victor Stember’s family mentioned in the diary.
Mama, Mamulya
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Victor's wife; born 1861
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Natasha, Natashenka
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His daughter; born 1890 and moved to America
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Kolya, Nokolai
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His son; born 1891
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Nadya, Nadichka, Nadinka
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His daughter; born 1893
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Sonya, Sonichka, Sodechka
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His daughter; born 1895
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Ksenichka, Ksenya
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His daughter; born 1888; died at 5 years old
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Karlusha, Karl, Charles
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Natasha’s husband; Voinov, and later “Warren”
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Sokolov
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Nadya’s first husband
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Litvinov, Vladimir Feodorovich, Voldemar
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Nadya’s second husband
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Yuri Tulin or Yura
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Sonya’s husband
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Victor, Victorushka, Victorik
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Natasha’s son (Victor Warren); born 1913
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Kyrill, Kyrillchik
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Nadya’s son; born 1916, died 1919
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Ksenichka
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Nadya’s daughter; born 1920
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