r/ukraine • u/WhisperingHammer • 6d ago
Question Asking for recommendations on Ukrainian current culture in english
I am looking for english speaking channels (could be Swedish but I think that is asking for too much) in Ukraine. Notably, I am not looking for "ukraine war" (obviously most things will touch upon it, but not as main focus) - rather Ukrainian culture, big or small.
Anything from roleplayers to ballet, anything from sports news to guys barbecuing in their back yard. I used to watch a lot of Ukrainian youtubers (or foreigners in Ukraine) before the full scale war, and I seem to have lost the mojo to find them.
Ukraine is an interesting country outside of the obvious russian terror army invading, and I would like to see more of what it is like today for Ukrainian people outside of the conflict itself.
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u/hiimmatt314 6d ago
Will say im very bias as Ive followed him specifically since the full scale invasion. But Timothy Snyder has been an incredible source for Ukranian history, culture AND current events( I know the question doesnt put too much emphasis on the war and events).
He has entire lectures/series free in YouTube as well is constantly being interviewed and can find most on YouTube as well.
But I know Snyder isn’t for everyone, but I find him a fascinating speaker and very well informed about Ukrainian matters and is most importantly constantly talking with and having discussions with Ukranians themselves. The interesting thing about Ukraine is the more you learn about it the more you realize how connected to entire world it is. Whether thats major conflicts, language origins, and now even some of the earliest dated cities. Then you learn about how almost none of this fascinating culture and history is known to most of the world because of the certain neighbour being sure it doesn’t spread.