Fri, 28 Aug 2026 20:44:45 +0000Castopod - https://castopod.org/https://cyber.harvard.edu/rss/rss.htmlbbdb1c08-4af3-59a0-bc22-23e1702a3d59My Ukrainian Heritage : LaryssaLaryssa Menkova shares a series of diaries exploring her Ukrainian Heritage. Throughout this series, Laryssa reflects on parts of her parents’ lives fleeing from Russia and settling in Ukraine, her travels in Ukraine, and her feelings about being a child of immigrant Ukrainian parents, set against the current realities of Russia’s invasion on Ukraine.

]]>enyesAnne WebsterAnne WebsterAnne WebsterAnne WebsterAnne WebsterErica HargreaveErica HargreaveErica HargreaveLaryssa MenkovaLaryssa MenkovaSociety & CulturePersonal JournalsHistoryfalseAhimsa Mediahttps://podcasts.roamancing.com/@MyUkrainianHeritageRoamancing Travel and Culture Magazineinfo@roamancing.comserialhttps://roamancing.cdn.podcast.audio/media/podcasts/MyUkrainianHeritage/cover_feed.pngMy Ukrainian Heritage : Laryssahttps://podcasts.roamancing.com/@MyUkrainianHeritageMy Ukrainian Heritage – Part 1: I Grew Up With My Parent’s Stories of Fleeing Ukraine in WWIIhttps://podcasts.roamancing.com/@MyUkrainianHeritage/episodes/my-ukrainian-heritage-part-1-i-grew-up-with-my-parents-stories-of-fleeing-ukraine-in-wwiiSun, 30 Oct 2022 06:22:21 +0000UkraineLaryssa Menkova reads her diary entry, entitled ‘My Ukrainian Heritage - Part 1: I Grew Up Hearing My Parent’s Stories of Fleeing Ukraine in the Second World War’.

Throughout this series, Laryssa reflects on parts of her parents’ lives in Ukraine, her travels in Ukraine, and her feelings about being a child of immigrant Ukrainian parents, set against the current realities of Russia’s invasion on Ukraine.

Read and engage with the full diary entry at https://roamancing.com/2022/03/my-ukrainian-heritage-stories-of-fleeing-ukraine-in-the-second-world-war/

]]>178https://podcasts.roamancing.com/@MyUkrainianHeritage/episodes/my-ukrainian-heritage-part-1-i-grew-up-with-my-parents-stories-of-fleeing-ukraine-in-wwiifalse11fullAnne WebsterAnne WebsterAnne WebsterAnne WebsterAnne WebsterErica HargreaveErica HargreaveErica HargreaveLaryssa MenkovaLaryssa MenkovaFleeing Dekulakization in Early 1930s Russia - Part 2 of My Ukrainian Heritagehttps://podcasts.roamancing.com/@MyUkrainianHeritage/episodes/fleeing-dekulakization-in-early-1930s-russia-part-2-of-my-ukrainian-heritageSat, 26 Nov 2022 21:44:36 +0000Polatova, RussiaLaryssa Menkova reads her diary entry, entitled ‘My Ukrainian Heritage - Part 2: Fleeing Dekulakization in Early 1930s Russia’.

In Part 2 of My Ukrainian Heritage, Laryssa shares her father’s story of survival in fleeing dekulakization and Polatova, Russia at age 18.

Read and engage with the full diary entry at https://roamancing.com/2022/04/fleeing-dekulakization-my-ukrainian-heritage/

]]>146https://podcasts.roamancing.com/@MyUkrainianHeritage/episodes/fleeing-dekulakization-in-early-1930s-russia-part-2-of-my-ukrainian-heritagefalse21fullAnne WebsterAnne WebsterAnne WebsterAnne WebsterAnne WebsterErica HargreaveErica HargreaveLaryssa MenkovaLaryssa MenkovaHiding in Plain Sight from the Dekulakization in Valuyki – Part 3 of My Ukrainian Heritagehttps://podcasts.roamancing.com/@MyUkrainianHeritage/episodes/hiding-in-plain-sight-from-the-dekulakization-in-valuyki-part-3-of-my-ukrainian-heritageWed, 07 Dec 2022 00:08:35 +0000Valuyki, RussiaLaryssa Menkova reads her diary entry, entitled ‘My Ukrainian Heritage - Part 3: Hiding in Plain Sight from the Dekulakization in Valuyki’.

In part 3 of ‘My Ukrainian Heritage’, Laryssa shares how her father nearly evades capture during dekulakization in Russia by hiding in plain sight.

Read and engage with the full diary entry at https://roamancing.com/2022/05/hiding-in-plain-sight-from-the-dekulakization-my-ukrainian-heritage/

]]>141https://podcasts.roamancing.com/@MyUkrainianHeritage/episodes/hiding-in-plain-sight-from-the-dekulakization-in-valuyki-part-3-of-my-ukrainian-heritagefalse31fullAnne WebsterAnne WebsterAnne WebsterAnne WebsterAnne WebsterErica HargreaveErica HargreaveErica HargreaveLaryssa MenkovaLaryssa MenkovaLaryssa MenkovaConscripted! Siberian Worker’s Army to World War II Soldier – Part 4 of My Ukrainian Heritagehttps://podcasts.roamancing.com/@MyUkrainianHeritage/episodes/conscripted-siberian-workers-army-to-world-war-ii-soldier-part-4-of-my-ukrainian-heritageSat, 24 Dec 2022 04:17:14 +0000Donetsk, UkraineLaryssa Menkova reads her diary entry, entitled ‘My Ukrainian Heritage - Part 4: Conscripted! Siberian Worker’s Army to World War II Soldier’.

From one army / nightmare into another. Join Mikhail’s story where we last left off, with his forced conscription into the worker’s army and a one way ticket to Siberia to work under the Gulag.

Read and engage with the full diary entry at https://roamancing.com/2022/06/siberian-workers-army-to-wwii-soldier-my-ukrainian-heritage/

]]>167https://podcasts.roamancing.com/@MyUkrainianHeritage/episodes/conscripted-siberian-workers-army-to-world-war-ii-soldier-part-4-of-my-ukrainian-heritagefalse41fullAnne WebsterAnne WebsterAnne WebsterAnne WebsterAnne WebsterErica HargreaveErica HargreaveErica HargreaveLaryssa MenkovaLaryssa Menkova