# The diary of a Russian lady

Author: Dukhovskaia, Varvara, 1854-1931

Genre: Category: Biographies

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73953

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+diary+of+a+Russian+lady+Dukhovskaia&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

My father, Prince Theodore Galitzine, married my mother being a widower with five children, three of whom died before my birth. My earliest vivid recollections begin when I was two years old. I distinctly remember feeling a terrible pain in parting with my wet-nurse, to whom I was passionately attached. I got hold of her skirt and wouldn’t let her go, weeping wildly. It was my first bitter affliction. I could not put up with the new nurse, whom I hated from the depths of my little heart, and I would not call her otherwise than _Wild Cat_, with baby petulance, having already at that early age pronounced likes and dislikes. We were in perpetual state of warfare. When I was about three years...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/74/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/31/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CXXI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/122/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/57/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CXX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/121/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/61/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/35/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/39/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CXXIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/124/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/55/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/27/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/25/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/65/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/73/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/44/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CXIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/120/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CXXII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/123/index.md)
- [CHAPTER L](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/51/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/53/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/72/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/63/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/66/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXXII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/83/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/41/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XCVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/99/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/80/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CXXVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/127/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CXIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/115/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/58/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/60/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/23/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/75/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/67/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/36/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/33/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/29/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/79/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/111/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/104/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/110/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/30/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/62/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/49/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/26/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/59/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/34/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/81/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CXXIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/125/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXXI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/82/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/48/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXXV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/86/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CXIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/114/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/28/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/46/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CXVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/119/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XCIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/94/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXXIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/85/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/76/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XCVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/98/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/38/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/64/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/52/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/50/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XCIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/95/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CXXV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/126/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XL](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/40/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CXVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/118/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/69/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/107/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CXVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/117/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/70/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/37/index.md)
- [CHAPTER C](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/101/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CXI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/112/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXXIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/84/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/42/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/32/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/109/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/45/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XCV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/96/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXXVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/87/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/24/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/47/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/103/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/102/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XCVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/97/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/68/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXXVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/88/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/77/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/108/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/106/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/78/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/56/index.md)
- [act I began to yawn, for the play was rather a bore, and the actors](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/43/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/105/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/54/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XCIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/100/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CXV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/116/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XCI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/92/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/71/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CXII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/113/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXXIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/90/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXXVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/89/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XCII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/93/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XC](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-diary-of-a-russian-lady-73953/chapters/91/index.md)