stravinsky was called a musical revolutionary but even the reputation of an artistic rebel could not reconcile him with the transformation of russia into the soviet union in one poets and writers who flocked to europe was yvonne boone in the first russian also to get the nobel prize for literature in one nine hundred thirty three pre-revolutionary of russian culture and way of life was something russian immigration was trying to preserve most artists never found themselves completely at home in paris or berlin in the style ger for the old times was so strong some of them chose to return home often facing repression by the soviet authorities of finding out that something they missed was gone forever. thank you very much for being with us today and first of all i wanted to ask you about. you belong to. family in russia and one of your ancestors was the head of the actually the first head of the russian state duma before the boucher a gravel issue well when i actually bought it works came to power when a socialist revolution happened in russia. did you steal the saw theel the connection

organizers say the fireworks design was conceptualized around igor stravinsky's ballet, firebird. and on that elegant note, we'll be back. next stop on our global new year's to ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> welcome back to cbs 5 eyewitness news at 6:00. as we continue to sort of globe trot around earth, this stop hong kong, a spectacular pyrotechnic show. it ended at the harbor front of the the entire show there lasted about 8 minutes. >>> and isn't it something is this. >> gorgeous. >> yeah. >>> every new year brings new changes some good, some not so good. one such change will come at the cash register. get ready to pay more for everything starting tomorrow. cbs 5 reporter mike sugerman with the reason for the increase. >> reporter: the city of el cerrito where city hall closes for a week at christmastime to save money and where u.p.s. notices gather because no one is there to collect them has the dubious distinction of having the highest sales tax in california. >> even if it's one penny, 5 cents, it adds up. we shop a lot especially with young kids. i'm only 21 and i spend money like it'