Russian Ball, Washington, D.C.
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Russian Ball, Washington, D.C.
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The Russian Ball of Washington, DC is an invitation-only dinner dance. The Ball is an annual tradition founded in 1971 by the socialite Maria Fisher. An enthusiast of holding "heritage parties" celebrating different ethnicities, Fisher acted on the suggestion of Prince Alexis Obolensky, a Russian nobleman who resided in Washington, to organize a ball celebrating the city's White émigré community around the time of the old style Julian calendar New Year in mid-January. Prince Obolensky and his Am
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Invitation-only dinner dance
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Ball,_Washington,_D.C.
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2024-01-08T13:07:58Z
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