My Ukrainian Heritage : Laryssa

Laryssa 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/ For other tales of...

Laryssa 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/ For other tales of culture, connect with Roamancing via our...

Laryssa 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/ For other tales of culture, connect with Roamancing via our Twitter, Facebook Page, the Women Who Love...

Laryssa 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...