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 equipped with this information can, however, quickly make the necessary associa­ tions. Such associations are in this book the only way to come closer to the truth. If today there happened to be a new and comprehensive historiographical rep­ resentation of the Russian Sami, one could confidently leave the Kiselev/Kiseleva monograph (1987) to gather dust on the shelf. Unfortunately, this is not the case, so in many ways this book remains an important source of information. It therefore seems appropriate to explain the reason for the constantly encountered internal con­ tradictions of this standard work. The date and place of publication as well as the mostly officious style with only very occasional criticisms expressed between the lines lead to the following interpretation: while in 1987 perestroika had already be­ gun, we must not forget the great distances in Russia, and the glaring differences between the centre and the provinces. This monograph was written by historians from Murmansk and printed there. The new ideas from Moscow took their time to reach the periphery. At the same time Murmansk was and still is a stronghold of the 'hawks' - the military, the intelligence officials and other representatives of state power (siloviki). Except in the form of allusions that are accessible only to a reader with pre-existing background knowledge, the fruits of perestroika could not yet be displayed in a book published in Murmansk at this still relatively early point of time. The Sami born in Lovozero and Sosnovka were the only ones not affected by re­ settlement. On the other hand, more than 40 smaller and larger settlements were closed for the above-mentioned reasons. It should be recalled at this point that the vast and sometimes multiple resettlement of Sami between the 1930s and 1970s involved an estimated 70 to 80% of all Sami. All the settlements in which Sami live today, were either founded after 1917 - for example Cudz''javr and Krasnoscel'e - or completely redesigned in accordance with Soviet urban planning concepts. 145 T he most important example here is Lovozero, to which the following section is devoted. 145Cf.: Anohin 1963, 276. Senterfor samiske studier, Skriftserie nr. 19 89