The Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Finland, Association of Ukrainians in Finland and Suomi-Ukraina silta hosted an event dedicated to a tragic page in the history of an autochthonous people of Crimean Peninsula – Crimean Tatars.

The guests watched a Ukrainian feature film (with the English subs) Haytarma (2013) and communicated via Skype with a famous Ukrainian singer & finalist of this year’s Eurovision Contest Jamala (this year’s contest will take place in Stockholm in May).

Both Haytarma and Jamala’s song called 1944, which is Ukraine’s entry in this year’s Eurovision, is dedicated to a tragic event in the history – deportation of Crimean Tatars by Stalin in May of 1944.

The movie portrays a Crimean Tatar war hero, pilot Ametkhan Sultan. In May 1944, after the liberation of Sevastopol from Nazis, Ametkhan goes on vacation to his hometown of Alupka where he witnesses the deportation of his family.

During the Skype-conference, Jamala spoke about creation of her song, her creative plans and musical preferences. Guests, Finnish journalists were also among them, had the opportunity to ask the singer questions. The discussion was open and frank.

The article on the event in Finnish could be found on the link: http://m.iltalehti.fi/viihde/2016042421464469_vi.shtml.