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 Q: Well, other children teased you at school. But what about your teachers? Did they discriminate against you in any way? I mean compared to Russians? A: Oh, no, never. No one was discriminated against. What really matters is that one wants to learn. It doesn't make any difference whether you are Russian, Dutch or German. Lazy people are lazy everywhere, even in Africa. [...] I mean we didn't feel any discrimination. 17 1 Apart from the positive personal experiences, these statements are certainly ex­ plained by the fact that Ms Afanas'eva became a teacher himself. In so doing she be­ came part of the system that did not promote the Sami language, and that, as a teacher, she could with the best will in the world do little to change. Not until in 1976 was Sami again taught as an optional subject for the first time since 1937 in the boarding school at Lovozero .172 I n Kiselev/Kiseleva (1987) this is praised as a good deed of the ever-caring state: „Советское государство постоянно заботится, чтобы саамы сохранили свои традиции, национальную культуру и прикладное искусство, не утратили свой язык. Вот почему в Ловозерском районе началось преподавание саамского языка в школах." // "The Soviet state does everything to help the Sami people to preserve their tra­ ditions, their arts, their language and culture. That's why the Lovozero district in­ troduced Sami language classes at school. "173 No other subjects, however, are taught in Sami, even up to the present day. 171Afanas'eva interview, lines 1163-1170. 172Cf.: Bol'sakova 2005, 177. 173 Kiselev/Kiseleva 1987, 41. Senterfor samiske studier, Skriftserie nr. 19 113