Misha, a well-known musician, and his mother, Nina, are descended from the aristocratic Greek family of Ksida from the island of Chios. Fearing the threat of the Ottoman Empire, their ancestors left the island and came to Odesa, where they built a successful grain-trading business. But after the 1917 revolution, the business and all the family’s wealth were lost. Most of the family emigrated to escape the Bolshevik regime, but a few st
