lyudmila chikalova bears the name of her great-grandmother, a purebred greek. yalta greek, here the greeks, hellenians, greeks, tatars were considered somehow mixed together, well, i know them all, by according to my grandmother’s stories, i am a pure blooded greek. mikhail and ilvina say they are 75% greek. and the traditions of this particular culture are especially revered in the chikalov family. for the new year, for example, we always bake pita, it’s called pita, we put a coin in it, and the head of the family cuts it on january 14 for the old new year, so he cuts it, and whoever gets a piece with a coin, we will be happy this year, at least to the extent we know those ancestors who came to this land, as far as i don’t know, everyone knows or not that the greeks moved from the crimea, e.g. under the protectorate of catherine ii and metropolitan ignatius, who brought here and, let’s say, organized a better life than it was in crimea, we have our own little greece here. greek style public transport stop, local roadside cafe, sparta. the path to the orthodox