In the fall of 2022, Timothy Snyder, a historian at Yale, taught a course called “The Making of Modern Ukraine.” The class traces Ukraine’s history and explains how the stories and mythology of the country’s past have developed. It’s especially crucial given Russia’s war on Ukraine and some of the stated reasons for that conflict. Thankfully, Yale has made the lectures from the course available to everyone for free. You can watch the lectures on YouTube, and the course is also available as a podcast that you can find in your favorite podcast app.