Allemann, L. The sami of the Kola Peninsula : about the life of an ethnic minority in the Soviet Union / Lukas Allemann ; [transl. by Michael Lomax]. - Rovaniemi : University of Lapland Printing Centre, 2013. - 151 p. : ill., map, portr. ; 25 см. - (Senter for samiske studier, Skriftserie ; 19).

The Sami of the Kola Peninsula Table of contents 1. Introduction................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Objectives of this work......................................................................................... 1 1.2 On the transliteration of Russian and Sami words, on the glossary and on gender usage................................................................................................................ 5 1.3 Introductory information on the Sami people.................................................... 5 1.3.1 Distribution area and source of the Sami....................................................... 5 1.3.2 Demographics of the Sami..............................................................................7 2. Oral history and personal accounts as tools of historical scholarship................... 10 2.1 Everyday history and narrativity....................................................................... 10 2.2 The life story interview as historical source......................................................12 2.2.1 Everyday and scientific interpretation......................................................... 15 2.2.2 Experienced vs. narrated life history............................................................ 17 2.2.3 Memory as giver of meaning and assurance of identity............................. 21 2.3 On conducting life history interviews............................................................... 23 2.3.1 Interviewee recruitment............................................................................... 27 2.3.2 The list of topics............................................................................................ 28 2.4 Technical aspects of transcription and analysis of the interviews..................29 3. The Sami of Russia before the October Revolution.................................................31 3.1 The traditional way of life.................................................................................. 31 3.2 Religion: Shamanism, Christianity, atheism......................................................34 3.3 Transliteration and written codification of the Sami language......................35 3.4 The immigration of the Komi and Nenets........................................................ 36 4. The reconstructed life stories - an overview...........................................................42 4.1 Nina Eliseevna Afanas'eva................................................................................. 43 4.2 Anna Nikolaevna Jur'eva................................................................................... 49 4.3 Anastasija Nikolaevna Ма^ёЫпа......................................................................52 4.4 Marija Alekseevna Popova.................................................................................57 4.5 Apollinarija Ivanovna Golyh.............................................................................. 61 4.6 Brief comparison ofthe life stories................................................................... 66 5. Living conditions ofthe Sami of Russia after the October Revolution................... 67 5.1 Containment of nomadism and collectivization.............................................. 67 5.2 Repression and terror under Stalin................................................................... 72 5.3 The Finnish-Russian War and the Second World War...................................... 77 5.4 The final centralization ofthe Sami and the establishment ofthe Soviet reindeer herding system............................................................................................79 5.4.1 The closing of Sami settlements.................................................................. 80 5.4.2 Lovozero and centralized, expansive reindeer breeding............................90 5.4.3 Unemployment, crime, alcoholism and suicide as consequences of resettlement........................................................................................................... 96 5.4.4 The educational system.............................................................................. 105 5.4.4.1 Language.............................................................................................. 105 Senter for samiske studier, Skriftserie nr. 19 [Й Ш В ' VI