Not far from the White House, the Hillwood estate is hidden in a forest - and in it is a private museum, the collection of Russian applied art of which is considered the largest outside of Russia. In the first part, I will tell the life story of this extraordinary woman - a socialite, philanthropist and patron of the arts. Who was her father, Mr. Charles Post? Where did the American dream lead him? Do you eat cereal from our heroine's company for breakfast? The largest yacht in the world - Sea Cloud! Mrs. Post's four husbands - each time she took her husband's surname, but at the end of her life she returned to her own. Spaso House in Moscow and life in it in 1937, without changing her habits. Is it easy to be a collector? And a philanthropist and donate your yacht to military needs? It is impossible to answer all these questions in depth in 27 minutes, but as a caring and responsive person, I will simply share my thoughts and memories with you...... January, 2024 00:00 Introduction: a house-museum near the White House in Washington. Family jewels of the Romanov dynasty. Faberge Eggs 01:51 On the Role of Personality in History - Just Thinking Out Loud ..... 03:08 Marjorie Post - Born in Illinois - Double Surname in Honor of Her Parents 03:26 Charles Post - Marjorie's Father - and His American Dream 04:33 American Breakfasts - Mr. Post's Products 05:17 General Foods 05:40 Parents' Divorce 06:00 Marjorie's Childhood 07:00 Marjorie's Alma Mater - George Washington University in Mount Vernon 07:20 University Graduates: Jacqueline Kennedy, Edgar Hoover, Jarrett Letto 08:00 Father's Depression 09:07 Moving to New York - and Its High Society The Vanderbilts, the Freaks, the Whitneys, America's Old Money 09:55 Bank Princes, Stock Exchange Dukes, Business Marquises .... this is America! 10:10 Marjorie's status in New York society - an heiress. 11:15 Interest in collecting. 11:27 Marjorie Post's second marriage - banker Edward Hutton. 12:20 Divorce from her second husband. 12:42 Marjorie Post's third husband - lawyer Joseph Edward Davis. 13:04 The Ford Company's tax arrears case. 13:15 A record fee for a service - $25,000,000. 13:34 An offer from President Roosevelt. 14:28 January 1937 - with extraordinary pomp and circumstance, a letter to Moscow! 15:00 Spaso House mansion. 15:38 The former idle life of a socialite. 16:38 How to understand a country where masterpieces can be found in ruins? 16:57 Answer to the question: how the wealth of the young republic ended up abroad.. 17:05 Currency financing of the industrialization of the USSR 17:49 The end of the 20s, the creation of the Antiques organization 18:59 Two major figures in the export of national wealth abroad 19:02 Andrew Mellon - 21 painting from the State Hermitage Museum 19:13 Galust Gelbokyan Iraqi oil tycoon 20:51 Polina Semenovna Zhemchuzhina Molotov's wife 21:57 Sale of Faberge Eggs 23:10 Arbat, 4 23: 40 Divorce from her third husband 24:31 The Marjorie Post Special Fund and her will 24:44 Systematization of Mrs. Post's collection by Marvin Rost 25:00 Marjorie Post's charity 25:31 The Diamond Diadem Maria Louise 25:56 The last days of life and plans for life 26:46 What survived is alive and makes us happy!