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CHAPTER XX
WAR SUFFERERS
In the preceding chapter I have endeavoured to describe
briefly the work imposed on the Russian Legation in
Stockholm by Swedish policy and the fluctuations that
this policy underwent during the first eighteen months
of the war. But besides this work, we had to place our
best efforts and our attention at the service of our very
numerous compatriots, who were either victims of the
war, or brought to Sweden by the claims of politics,
public duties, or business.
In Chapter XVIII. I wrote of the enormous number
of Russians who fled from Germany when war was
declared, and who arrived at the Legation in a state
of panic and destitution, demanding urgent assistance.
Our staff being quite inadequate for this task, we
conceived the idea of enrolling a few willing people
among the Russian refugees themselves, who would
consent to stay a little longer in Stockholm and come
to our assistance. A few of these people were kind
enough to settle down for several months amongst us
and to work unceasingly—and of course without any
remuneration—at finding accommodation and generally
helping our unfortunate compatriots. A committee was
formed thus under the auspices of my wife and of
my sister, who had just joined us from Paris. Some
good-natured Swedes came spontaneously to help us;
amongst these noble persons I should like to mention
the Consul, M. Stromberg, and especially Dr. Lindberg,
the voluntary consultant physician, who up to the end
devoted himself to our poorer compatriots, and whose
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