Mr. Jenner. How long?
Mr. Voshinin. He was the first Russian immigrant who settled here in Dallas.
Mr. Jenner. I see.
Mr. Voshinin. And he is a millionaire—a very rich man.
Mr. Jenner. Had you known him?
Mr. Voshinin. No; we didn't know him personally but the priest there, the pastor, you know, of our denomination in Houston said that when you go to Dallas—we said that we passed through Dallas going to Houston and we said we liked the climate much better and it's too humid there. So we said, "Well, you know, we go to that city, we may settle there, but we don't know anybody."
So, he said, "Well, why don't you—we have two men who are able to help you—and this is Mr. Raigorodsky and Mr. Bouhe—George Bouhe." The Russians are referring—joking about Raigorodsky—they call him, "the Czar," here.
Mr. Jenner. Yeah.
Mr. Voshinin. So—he's an old man—and so when we came, then the next day—it was during our vacation in 1955—and so we went to see Raigorodsky and then we went to see Bouhe. And they told us that there is a church of our denomination here on McKinney and a few other just useful things—nothing in particular.
Mr. Jenner. All right. Well, the main thing I wanted—when you came to Dallas, you didn't know anybody?