Jamala

Susana Jamaladinova , better known by her stage name Jamala , is a Ukrainian singer, actress and songwriter. She represented Ukraine and won the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song 1944.

Susanna Jamaladinova was born in Osh, Kirghiz SSR, to a Crimean Tatar father and an Armenian mother. Her Crimean Tatar ancestors were forcefully resettled from Crimea to the central Asian republic under Joseph Stalin, during World War II, although her own relatives fought on the Soviet side. During this deportation, one of her greatgrandmothers daughters died on board of a freight truck and was tossed from the wagon like garbage. Upon Ukraines independence, her family returned to Crimea. Her maternal ancestors are from NagornoKarabakh. She claims to be related, through her maternal greatgrandmother, to the Soviet Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian. When Jamala visited Armenia she felt at home, and noted, .

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