Kate good evening and welcome to hillwood estate, museum and gardens. I know many of you know already, but in case we have not met, my name is kate markert, and i am the executive director here. I want to thank you in joining us tonight as we welcome back douglas smith, longtime friend of hillwood and author of the book the russian job the forgotten story of how america saved the soviet union from ruin. You may have noticed that the theater looks just a little bit different tonight. I am very pleased to welcome cspan. While this is their very first time in hillwood, it is not the first time that our lectures are accessible to folks at home. Many of our fantastic programs are available on the Hillwood Museum youtube channel, so check that out in case you missed something or want to see something again. Before we continue, i know you know what i am going to say next please be sure that you have silenced anything that chirps or barks or beeps. You may know that hillwoods founder, marjorie
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When else will you be able to see a lively cossack choir here . The evening was held with the support of the Oleg Diripaska foundation, a free cause, the head of which was himself present in the hall. The surprise for the guests was the world famous song katyusha, performed in chinese. We had to deviate from the holiday script only in one scarecrowmaslenitsa. Pressure, how do you keep it clean . The main attribute of any feast is , of course, come on my dear, where are you getting gas here, despair, but why on the head, meow, here i am, meow, here she is, oh, where are you going so much zhenya , now you will see everything for yourself, we will show you everything and we will even try it ourselves. So that you dont have to cry , darling, hold the best man tighter by the steering wheel, oh, hello, machine, check it out, wife, why are you sucking, you said it yourself, were driving along the m12 highway, who better to feel the highway than truck drivers, whats going on , jen, come on ima