Singer jamala from ukraine with 1944 won at the grand final of the 2016 eurovision song contest in stockholm sweden ukraines susana jamaladinova poignant song 1944 about the mass deportation of crimian tatars under the soviet time leader josef stalin moved voters across europe to earn her first place with 534 points the title 1944 refers to the year in which stalin shipped ethnic tatars from ukraines crimea region during the second world warin over crowded trains to central asia