Jamal biography nationality. Why do the parents of the singer Jamala completely refuse to leave the "occupied" Crimea? Jamala in Jurmala at a music competition

Susana Jamaladinova was born in Kyrgyzstan, and over time, her family moved to the Crimea. The childhood of the future singer passed near the city of Alushta in the village of Malorechenskoye.

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Profession: singer
Date of Birth: August 27, 1983
Height and weight: 173 cm. 61 kg.
Place of Birth: Osh, Kyrgyzstan
Best works: smile
Awards: Concorso Europeo Amici della musica, First place in the "New Wave" competition
Social network: Facebook , Instagram , Twitter

Susanna grew up in a family of professional musicians. Her mother is a wonderful singer and teacher of a music school, and her father, a conductor by education, began to teach her daughter from an early age everything they know about music. Now the parents run a small boarding house in the Crimea.

Jamaladinova showed her outstanding vocal abilities at the age of three, and at the age of nine she recorded an album of 12 children's songs. To the amazement of the sound engineer, she showed real professionalism, spending only an hour in the studio recording.

Susana went to the Alushta music school, where she studied piano. Later, she became a student at the Simferopol Music College, where she already studied opera vocals.

Having moved to Kyiv full of opportunities, Jamaladinvoa continued her musical education by entering the National Academy of Music. While studying there, she actively attended various festivals and competitions. Her first notable victory was the third prize at the Crimean Spring.

Over time, Jamala caught the eye of the famous Ukrainian choreographer Elena Kolyadenko, who eventually became the singer's producer and made her the main soloist in her musical Pa, which premiered in 2007. The singer became known to a wide audience of listeners thanks to the New Wave competition, where she not only won first place, but also showed herself as a bright and memorable singer.

In 2009, Jamala took part in the production of the opera "Spanish Hour", and a year later she played in an opera performance based on Bondiana. In 2011, the artist's debut album For Every Heart was released on iTunes, and in 2012 she won the Stars at the Opera show on the 1 + 1 channel.

In the spring of 2013, Jamala's second album All or Nothing was released. In the same year, she broke her contract with producer Elena Kolyadenko, wanting to be not just a popular performer performing songs in Russian, but to experiment with different musical genres. She is interested in expressing herself in soul, jazz, classical and blues.

Personal life

Unmarried. No kids. He carefully hides the details of his personal life from prying eyes and the media.

Interesting Facts

Real name - Susana Jamaladinova

In 2012, she took part in the show of the channel "1 + 1" - "Stars in the Opera", paired with Vlad Pavlyuk. As a result, the duo won

Learned to swim at nine months through the "Swim Before You Walk" program

From 2001 to 2007 she was the soloist of the vocal quintet Beauty Band

Being a Crimean, she does not publicly recognize the annexation of the Ukrainian peninsula, the Republic of Crimea to Russia

In 2010, she starred in the film "The True Story of Scarlet Sails", and in 2013, the singer in the film "The Guide, or Flowers Have Eyes"

In 2010, she took part in an opera production by Vasily Barkhatov based on Bondiana, where her performance was noted by the famous British actor Jude Law.

Her father is Crimean Tatar and her mother is Armenian

Discography

2011 - For Every Heart (on iTunes)

2011 - Live At Arena Concert Plaza (on iTunes)

To put it mildly, Jamala is a hypocrite. None of her family is going to die at all. On the contrary, the family really thrives. All relatives of the "Ukrainian patriot" received Russian citizenship and are quite satisfied with their lives. Moreover, they unanimously issued the so-called. "Putin's certificates" about rehabilitation and now receive rabid benefits on utility bills - 50% discounts on water, electricity and gas, use free vouchers to a sanatorium.

The only problem for Jamala’s parents is that the Tatar neighbors themselves reproach their father: “Why did your daughter decide to sing such a song?”

This is all at the level of bazaar conversations. I keep telling them not to pay attention,” Susana reassures.

Although no matter what the crazy daughter sings, no one throws grenades and Molotov cocktails into the yard of her parents. Normal people live here. This is not Maidan Ukraine, the Crimeans do not suffer from “embroidery of the brain”.

A few months ago, the Bandera blockade hit the singer's family hard. So, according to Jamala herself, her father was ready to independently heat the house with firewood, just not to leave his native Crimea. However, today all Ukrainian villagers are offered to drown with dung. Having remained in the "Muscovite occupation", Jamaladinov Sr. is spared such a prospect.

In Alushta and Simferopol they gave light for at least a couple of hours, but my father was told that there would be no light for two months. The father replied that he had firewood and coal ... The only problem was communication. Here it is difficult. Mom was very bored. And when we met with her, my mother cried, - the Eurostar shared.

Fortunately, my mother comes to visit me often. She helps her sister look after the children, takes care of the big house. So I try to give her a break, entertain her. We are like two friends: we walk a lot, go to the cinema and go shopping.

No one in Crimea prevents such contacts. The singer said that she managed to see her family after the energy blockade of the peninsula. However, for some reason, she refused to comment on the current situation on the South Bank. Otherwise, we would have to talk about the frantic influx of Russian holidaymakers. And we would have to compare the well-being of our own Crimean old people with the nightmare of Ukrainian reality.

Here is another characteristic revelation of Jamala:

My dad sends fruit from our garden to me in Kyiv every autumn and winter. Persimmon, figs, pomegranates. Now, on the so-called border with Crimea, he has to give a bribe to let these fruits pass - he leaves a box of persimmons or figs for the border guards. He always tells me about it with tears in his eyes, because he collected these boxes for me with such love! I answer him: “Baba, this is such a trifle! The main thing is that they were allowed to transport at least that way. ” We rejoice in trifles that should be the norm for everyone.

It remains to add that the Ukrainian border guards are robbing the old Tatar man. One box for yourself - and a whole container ahead, to Kyiv, blaming the "Poroshenko-Islamist" blockade.

However, today the Jamala family has a very specific reason to hate the Russian administration. The Jamaladinov clan suddenly lost an illegal tavern on the coast! Like many Mejlis institutions, the resort tavern did not meet any sanitary standards, worked without taxes, and it was closed. As they say, a quote without comment:

Now the new government is using inhuman methods to “ennoble” the coast. Demolish all cafes and restaurants in the coastal strip. A tractor arrives and razes to the ground what people have been investing in for many years. Leaves without a piece of bread, because everyone lives a dream of summer and tourists.

And I, for example, it was thanks to such an institution that I received a higher education. We had a family cafe with four tables: my mother cooked, for example, manti, my father cooked pilaf, I washed the dishes, and my sister served and counted the people in the hall. Without him, neither I nor my sister would have had the opportunity to study at the conservatory.

Jamala's sister Evelina married a Turkish citizen and moved to live in Istanbul.

The singer first appeared on the big stage at the age of 15. She dreamed of becoming a soloist of the famous Milanese opera La Scala. But in 2009 she entered the New Wave contest, won it and became famous. Since then, Jamala forgot about the dream of becoming an opera diva, but she successfully built a pop career.

Biography of Jamala

The winner of Eurovision 2016 was born in Kyrgyzstan. When she was six years old, she moved with her family to the Crimea. The singer's childhood passed near Alushta in the village of Malorechenskoye. Her parents are musicians. Mom sings beautifully and works as a music school teacher, while dad once graduated from conducting, he even had his own ensemble performing Crimean Tatar folk music and music of the peoples of Central Asia.

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It is not surprising that Susana loved to make music from early childhood. She made her first professional recording at the age of 9. It was her first album of children's songs.

To the surprise of the sound engineer, it took the little girl only an hour. There were at least 12 songs, but the girl managed to perform them one after another, without making a single mistake.

After graduating from music school No. 1 in piano in her native Alushta (Ukraine), she entered the Simferopol Music College. Pyotr Tchaikovsky, and after - to the National Music Academy. Tchaikovsky (Kyiv) in the class of opera vocals, graduated with honors.

The young singer was the best on the course and had big plans for the future. Namely, to connect his life with classical music and try his luck in Milan. The girl dreamed of becoming a soloist of the famous Milanese opera La Scala. But a serious passion for jazz and oriental music changed her plans.

Jamala performed on the big stage for the first time at fifteen. Over the next few years, she took part in dozens of vocal competitions in Ukraine, Russia and Europe and received a number of prestigious awards.

Elena Kolyadenko became a producer who was one of the first to notice a talented aspiring certified singer. They began to cooperate and quickly found a common language. In the musical Kolyadenko called "Pa" she was a soloist. The premiere took place in 2007. In the work of the singer, this role played a great role.

But still, the turning point in Susana's career was her performance at the New Wave international competition for young performers in the summer of 2009. Contrary to the statements of the main director of the competition about the unformattedness of the participant, she not only made it to the final, but also received the grand prix.

With the victory in Jurmala, Jamala moved into the category of top performers, performing at many venues from Moscow to Berlin.

Within a few months, she took part in almost all the main TV shows in Ukraine, from the Teletriumph-2009 award and One Night Only (Michael Jackson tribute to Ukrainian top artists) to Alla Pugacheva's Christmas Meetings.

Cosmopolitan magazine called her the discovery of the year, she receives the ELLE Style Award in the "Singer of the Year" nomination and the "Person of the Year - 2009" award in the "Idol of Ukrainians" nomination.

In the summer of 2009, she performed the main part in Maurice Ravel's opera The Spanish Hour, and in February 2010 she took part in Vasily Barkhatov's opera production based on the Bond movie, where her performance was noted by the famous British actor Jude Law.

In the spring of 2011, the singer's debut album "For Every Heart" was released, almost entirely consisting of the author's compositions by Jamala. The well-known Ukrainian musician Evgeny Filatov acted as the sound producer of the disc.

In January 2012, the Stars in the Opera show was aired on the 1 + 1 TV channel, in which Jamala performed in tandem with Vlad Pavlyuk. On March 4, at the gala concert of the show participants, the jury awarded the victory to Jamala and Vlad Pavlyuk.

Jamala participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "1944", dedicated to the deportation of Crimean Tatars after the liberation of Crimea by Soviet troops in 1944. According to Jamala, the plot of the song is based on the stories of her ancestors. Despite controversy over possible political context, the song was not withdrawn from the competition. Jamala took second place in the semi-finals of the competition and then won the final. This victory was the second for Ukraine at Eurovision in the history of its participation.

The singer's clothes match her music. She believes that it is important to find harmony. Favorite colors are green and brown.

Jamala lives in Kyiv, and her parents are still in the village of Malorechenskoye near Alushta. They have a private boarding house. The singer's favorite holiday has always been her mother's birthday.

Personal life

Little is known about Jamala's personal life. By her own admission, she has not yet known great love. Her mother is often interested in when she will meet her betrothed, but so far this has not happened. Career takes too much time from the singer.

By the way, the girl does not have any special criteria for the future candidate for her heart, the main thing is that the young man be sincere.

Jamal- a rapidly gaining momentum star of Ukrainian show business, who brought her country a victory from on in Stockholm with the song "1944". Ukrainian opera and jazz singer (lyric-dramatic soprano), performing original music at the intersection of jazz, soul, world music and rhythm and blues, electronic music and gospel. Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. Fame Jamal brought performance at the International Competition for Young Performers "New Wave 2009" in Jurmala, where she received the Grand Prix.

Jamal
Full name - Susana Alimovna Jamaladinova
Date of birth - August 27, 1983
Place of birth Osh, Kirghiz SSR, USSR
Active years 2005 - present
Country Ukraine
Profession Singer, actress
Singing voice lyric-dramatic soprano
Genres jazz, soul, blues, opera
Nicknames Jamala (Jamala)

The early years of the singer Jamala

Born in the city of Osh (KyrSSR, USSR). Father - Alim Aiyarovich Jamaladinov, Crimean Tatar, mother - Galina Mikhailovna Tumasova, Armenian. She spent her childhood in the Crimea, in the village of Malorechenskoye near Alushta, where she and her family returned from the places of the former deportation of the Crimean Tatar people. Play music Jamal started from early childhood. She made her first professional recording at the age of 9, performing 12 Crimean Tatar children's and folk songs in the studio. After graduating from music school number 1 in piano in the city of Alushta, she entered the Simferopol Musical College. P. I. Tchaikovsky, and after - to the National Musical Academy. P. I. Tchaikovsky (Kyiv) in the class of opera vocals, which she graduated with honors.

Being the best graduate of the course, Jamal she planned to devote herself to classical music and leave to work as a soloist of the famous Milan Opera La Scala, but a serious passion for jazz and experiments with soul and oriental music changed her plans, determining the direction of her future career. Alias ​​"Jamala"” was formed from the first syllable of her last name.
Jamal speaks Ukrainian, Russian, Crimean Tatar and English.

I was brought up by the arranger of Zarema-khanum - Gennady Astsaturyan. He taught me jazz since childhood. Literally forced to listen to jazz. It started with the fact that Fitzgerald played one song for me, and I got tired of it. This is fine. I was 11 years old. Difficult music, you have to get to it. Then the second, third and further, I myself began to ask him. Then he gave me the Fitzgerald cassette and said: “For a week everything is in the same version.” I answered: “How? I don't know English." Answer: "As you wish, as gibberish." I took everything off by ear, approached it responsibly, came to him to sing, and he: “Have you studied it? Well done. Here's another tape for you." He didn't even listen. It's just psychology, he knew he'd do it. I remember how offended: “How is it? I taught, but he does not want to listen to me.

Participation of the singer Jamala in music competitions, "New Wave"

On the big stage Jamal performed for the first time at fifteen. Over the next few years, she took part in dozens of vocal competitions in Ukraine, Russia and Europe and received a number of prestigious awards, including at the international competition "1st European Competition" Friends of Music "" (Italian 1 Concorso Europeo Amici della musica ) in Italy. After her performance at the jazz festival of young performers Do#Dj junior 2006, where she received a special award, the famous choreographer Elena Kolyadenko invited her to perform the main part in the multi-genre musical "Pa". This role was an important milestone the creative path of the singer Jamala.

The turning point in her career was her performance at the New Wave International Competition for Young Performers in the summer of 2009. Contrary to the statements of the chief director of the contest about the “unformatted” participant, she not only made it to the final, but also received the grand prix, sharing first place with an Indonesian performer.
Jamal- History repeating - First day of competition (Contestants perform a world hit)
Jamala - Top, my top - Second day of competition (Contestants perform a hit from their country)
Jamala - Mama's Son - Third day of competition (Contestants perform original song)

Singer Jamala's next step to success

With victory in Jurmala Jamal moved into the category of top performers, performing at a variety of venues from Moscow to Berlin. Two large solo concerts of Jamal The Revue Show are held in Kyiv, during which the singer demonstrates the full range of her vocal abilities and the variety of musical material. For several months, she takes part in almost all the main TV shows in Ukraine, from the Teletriumph-2009 award and One Night Only (Michael Jackson tribute to Ukrainian top artists) to Alla Pugacheva's Christmas Meetings.

Cosmopolitan magazine calls her the "Discovery of the Year", she receives the ELLE Style Award in the "Singer of the Year" nomination and the "Person of the Year 2009" award in the "Idol of Ukrainians" nomination. Despite a busy touring schedule, Jamala continues to study classical music. In the summer of 2009, she sang the title role in Maurice Ravel's opera The Spanish Hour, and in February 2010, she took part in Vasily Barkhatov's opera production based on Bondiana, where her performance was noted by the famous British actor Jude Law.

Clips of the singer Jamala

history repeating (2009)
In November 2009, Jamala's debut video clip appeared on Ukrainian TV air, a cover version of the Propellerheads History Repeating song (Watch Jamala - History repeating)

You're Made of Love (2010)
In February 2010, it was followed by a second video for the author's composition You're Made of Love (Watch Jamala - You're Made of Love).

It's me, Jamala (2010)
On October 18, 2010, the singer's third video for the song It's Me, Jamala! started airing on the music channels of Ukraine and Russia! (Watch Jamala - It's me, Jamala). The video was directed by German director Charlie Stadler, known for his film Dead Fish with Harry Oldman in the title role, and the cameraman was Briton Fraser Taggart, who shot such Hollywood blockbusters as Troy, The Da Vinci Code, Treasures of the Nation and etc.

smile (2011)
On February 8, 2011, a new video by singer Jamala for the song "Smile" (Watch Jamala - Smile) appeared on television screens. The video was directed by Max Xenda, and the cameraman was Sergey Mikhalchuk, one of the creators of such sensational films as "Lover", "My half-brother Frankenstein", "Mamai", "Law". The clip is made on the basis of puppet animation. According to the plot of the clip, Jamala travels around the world in a toy car and a helicopter, followed by a huge cartoon smile that helps her in all situations to establish contact with people of different faiths and nationalities.

Find Me (2011)
The video was directed by young American documentary filmmaker John X Carrey, known for his work for Disney-ABC and successful commercials for Google and Firefox. The filming of the video lasted three days. The plot is based on a romantic story, which, according to the director of the video, is most reminiscent of Sofia Coppola's famous film "Lost in Translation" with its mood. (Watch Jamala - Find me)

I Love You (2012)
Directed by Sergei Sarakhanov. (Watch Jamal - I Love You)

Cactus (2013)
Directed by Denis Zakharov. (Watch Jamala - Cactus)

All These Simple Things (2013)
Director Alexander Melov (Watch Jamal - All These Simple Things)

Autumn has your eyes (2013)
Directed by Viktor Vilks (Watch Jamala - Autumn has your eyes)

Lost (feat. Apache Crew) (2015)
Director and choreographer - Anatoly Sachivko (Watch Jamal - Lost)

Others (2015)
Director Mikhail Emelyanov (Watch Jamal- Others)

Solo album For Every Heart
In the spring of 2011, the singer's debut album "For Every Heart" was released, almost entirely consisting of the author's compositions by Jamala. The record was sound-produced by the famous Ukrainian musician Evgeny Filatov (The Maneken).

For Every Heart
One More Try
You Are Made Of Love
It's Me, Jamala
Alas
in my shoes
without you
Sing It Out
Find Me
I See You Every Night
Pengereden
smile
Bonus tracks:

history repeating
Sissy
Higher, my higher
Stars at the opera
In January 2012, on the 1 + 1 TV channel, the Stars in the Opera show was aired, in which Jamala performed in tandem with Vlad Pavlyuk. On March 4, at the gala concert of the show participants, the jury awarded the victory to Jamala and Vlad Pavlyuk.

New album All or Nothing
On March 19, Jamala's second author's album ALL OR NOTHING was released. The release took place simultaneously on more than 60 digital platforms, including the recently opened iTunes Ukraine and Russia. The album includes 12 compositions: eleven author's and the Crimean Tatar folk song Unutmasan. (Jamala album on iTunes)

All or Nothing
How to Explain
Cactus
What's worth
All These Simple Things
your love
Autumn has your eyes
I love you
Why Is That?
Like a Bird
Hurt
Unutmasan
Singles
history repeating
It's me, Jamala! (radio single)
smile
I love you
Hurt
Cactus
Autumn has your eyes

Participation of the singer Jamala in the Eurovision music contest

A few days before the launch of the new video, it became known that Jamala went to the final of the qualifying round of the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, presenting the jury with a new song Smile, but Mika Newton won the qualifying tournament. There was public outrage on suspicion of dishonest selection of the finalist, but Jamala said that she was refusing to participate in the re-selection.

Jamal participated in the song contest Eurovision 2016 with the song "1944", dedicated to the deportation of the Crimean Tatars after the occupation of Crimea by Soviet troops in 1944. According to Jamals, the plot of the song is based on the stories of her ancestors. Despite controversy over possible political context, the song was not withdrawn from the competition. Jamal won the semi-final of the competition and then won the final. This victory was the second for Ukraine at Eurovision in the history of its participation.

What Jamala sings about: translation of a song for Eurovision

A translation of the song of the Anglo-Crimean Tatar song "1944" appeared on the network, with which the Ukrainian singer Jamala will perform at Eurovision 2016 in Stockholm.

Jamala's song tells about the deportation of her native Crimean Tatar people. The singer wrote this composition especially for Eurovision, inspired by the story of her great-grandmother, writes "Apostrophe".

That terrible year forever changed the life of one fragile woman, my great-grandmother Nazil Khan. Her life after that was never the same
Jamala said.

Lyrics of Jamala's song "1944" in Ukrainian translation:

When strangers come...

They come to your house

They kill you all and say:

"We're not to blame... we're not to blame"

Where is your mind?

Humanity is crying.

You think you are gods

But everyone dies

Don't swallow my soul

Our souls.

I couldn't spend my youth there because you took my world.

We could build a future

Where people live freely and love,

Happy times...

Where are your hearts?

Humanity, prosper.

You think you are gods

But people are dying.

Don't swallow my soul

Our souls.

I couldn't spend my youth there because you took my world

I didn't have a country...

Discography of the singer Jamala

For Every Heart (2011) (on iTunes)
Live At Arena Concert Plaza (concert DVD, 2011) (on iTunes)
All or Nothing (2013) (on iTunes)
Thank You (2014) (on iTunes)
Podikh (2015)

Filmography of the singer Jamala

Year Russian title Original title Role
2010 True story about Scarlet Sails True story about Chervoni vitrila Cuban singer
2013 Guide Guide Guide Olga Levitskaya, singer of the Kharkiv Drama Theater named after Les Kurbas

Awards for singer Jamala for participation in competitions, festivals

1992 - winner of the musical children's competition "Star Rain"
1993 - laureate of the children's competition "Living Springs"
2000 - Grand Prix of the international competition "Voices of the Future" (Nizhny Novgorod, Russia)
2001 - winner of the 3rd prize of the vocal competition "Crimean Spring"
2001 - Winner of a special award "Dodge 2001"
2004 - laureate of the international competition 1 Concorso Europeo Amici della musica (Italy)
2006 - laureate of the festival of young performers "DO # DJ junior 2006" (second prize - for the vocal quintet "Beauty Band"), special diploma "Best vocal" of the same festival.
2009 - first place at the international competition for young performers "New Wave" (Jurmala, Latvia)

She insists that her father does not want to leave the house in the expensive resort village of Malorechenskoye near Alushta: “We were among the first Crimean Tatars who bought a house in the Crimea. My mother taught piano, and my father is a conductor by profession. But he realized that he would not be able to provide for his family if he made music, and began to grow vegetables and fruits. We have a large garden there - there are figs, and persimmons, and pomegranates ... ".

It took me a long time to persuade my parents to leave. But they said no, Jamala says. - They built a house with their own hands and grew a garden, and now I asked for a second to give up all this .... They are, of course, in the Crimea. All my attempts, conversations were crowned with nothing. Mom can't leave dad, dad can't leave grandfather... It's very painful and hard. I understand that they cannot go. That pomegranate tree that grows in our yard, persimmon, figs ... This house, it's impossible to leave everything like that. They are not even afraid of, say, dying, no matter how scary it may sound, but they refuse to leave this house.

To put it mildly, Jamala is a hypocrite. None of her family is going to die at all. On the contrary, the family really thrives. All relatives of the "Ukrainian patriot" received Russian citizenship and are quite satisfied with their lives. Moreover, they unanimously issued the so-called. "Putin's certificates" about rehabilitation and now receive crazy benefits on utility bills - 50% discounts on water, electricity and gas, use free vouchers to a sanatorium.

The only problem for Jamala’s parents is that the Tatar neighbors themselves reproach their father: “Why did your daughter decide to sing such a song?”

This is all at the level of bazaar conversations. I keep telling them not to pay attention,” Susana reassures.

Although no matter what the crazy daughter sings, no one throws grenades and Molotov cocktails into the yard of her parents. Normal people live here. This is not Maidan Ukraine, the Crimeans do not suffer from “embroidery of the brain”.

A few months ago, the Bandera blockade hit the singer's family hard. So, according to Jamala herself, her father was ready to independently heat the house with firewood, just not to leave his native Crimea. However, today all Ukrainian villagers are offered to drown with dung. Having remained in the "Muscovite occupation", Jamaladinov Sr. is spared such a prospect.

In Alushta and Simferopol they gave light for at least a couple of hours, but my father was told that there would be no light for two months. The father replied that he had firewood and coal... The only problem was communication. Here it is difficult. Mom was very bored. And when we met with her, my mother was crying ..., - the Eurostar shared.

Fortunately, my mother comes to visit me often. She helps her sister look after the children, takes care of the big house. So I try to give her a break, entertain her. We are like two friends: we walk a lot, go to the cinema and go shopping.

No one in Crimea prevents such contacts. The singer said that she managed to see her family after the energy blockade of the peninsula. However, for some reason, she refused to comment on the current situation on the South Bank. Otherwise, we would have to talk about the frantic influx of Russian holidaymakers. And we would have to compare the well-being of our own Crimean old people with the nightmare of Ukrainian reality.

Here is another characteristic revelation of Jamala:

My dad sends fruit from our garden to me in Kyiv every autumn and winter. Persimmon, figs, pomegranates. Now, on the so-called border with Crimea, he has to give a bribe to let these fruits pass - he leaves a box of persimmons or figs for the border guards. He always tells me about it with tears in his eyes, because he collected these boxes for me with such love! I answer him: “Baba, this is such a trifle! The main thing is that they were allowed to transport at least that way. ” We rejoice in trifles that should be the norm for everyone.

It remains to add that the Ukrainian border guards are robbing the old Tatar man. One box for yourself - and a whole container ahead, to Kyiv, spitting on the "Poroshenko-Islamist" blockade.

However, today the Jamala family has a very specific reason to hate the Russian administration. The Jamaladinov clan suddenly lost an illegal tavern on the coast! Like many Mejlis institutions, the resort tavern did not meet any sanitary standards, worked without taxes and was closed. As they say, a quote without comment:

Now the new government is using inhuman methods to “ennoble” the coast. Demolish all cafes and restaurants in the coastal strip. A tractor arrives and razes to the ground what people have been investing in for many years. Leaves without a piece of bread, because everyone lives a dream of summer and tourists.

And I, for example, it was thanks to such an institution that I received a higher education. We had a family cafe with four tables: my mother cooked, for example, manti, my father cooked pilaf, I washed the dishes, and my sister served and counted the people in the hall. Without him, neither I nor my sister would have had the opportunity to study at the conservatory.

Jamala's sister Evelina married a Turkish citizen and moved to live in Istanbul.