[1] At the age of five, he began his education at the local public school, while living with his uncle, a saloon keeper.

[9] He also held a strong influence on Nestor Makhno, one of the group's younger members, "ridding his soul once and for all of the lingering remnants of the slightest spirit of servility and submission to any authority.

[11] Antoni then used the stolen money to produce anarchist propaganda and to procure weapons and explosives from Vienna.

[12] A prisoner from Katerynoslav named Nazarii Zuichenko, claiming to be a confidant of the Huliaipole anarchists, informed the police that Voldemar Antoni had masterminded the attacks and provided the group with weapons.

[13] During a raid on an anarchist meeting, Antoni was arrested and subsequently held for a month in prison,[14] after which he was released due to a lack of evidence against him.