Victor’s Diary
1918 - 1921
Victor Stember began this diary in Petrograd in October 1918, at the age of 55, in the midst of revolution: “these records are destined not for the future historian, but for my children and my grandchildren.” He kept it until days before his death in January 1921. The hand-written diary was translated from Russian into English by Olga A. Fuhrman, and is published here in full by his family.
24 entries: Friday, October 25, 1918 to Thursday, December 26, 1918
126 entries: Friday, January 3, 1919 to Saturday, December 27, 1919
63 entries: Saturday, January 3, 1920 to Wednesday, December 15, 1920
4 entries: Saturday, January 1, 1921 to Friday, January 14, 1921
The Family, as They Appear in the Diary
Victor Karlovich Stember
The artist himself; born 1863, died 1921
Mama, Mamulya
Victor's wife; born 1861
Natasha, Natashenka
His daughter; born 1890 and moved to America
Kolya, Nokolai
His son; born 1891
Nadya, Nadichka, Nadinka
His daughter; born 1893
Sonya, Sonichka, Sodechka
His daughter; born 1895
Ksenichka, Ksenya
His daughter; born 1888; died at 5 years old
Karlusha, Karl, Charles
Natasha’s husband; Voinov, and later “Warren”
Sokolov
Nadya’s first husband
Litvinov, Vladimir Feodorovich, Voldemar
Nadya’s second husband
Yuri Tulin or Yura
Sonya’s husband
Victor, Victorushka, Victorik
Natasha’s son (Victor Warren); born 1913
Kyrill, Kyrillchik
Nadya’s son; born 1916, died 1919
Ksenichka
Nadya’s daughter; born 1920
