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).

Lukas Allemann талончики выдавали, мы ходили и завтракали, обедали, ужинали. Нас худо­ хорошо, давали по обуви, пальто, шарфик какой-то или платье, то есть, одевали. [. ] Не все и всем все нравилось. Просто, понимаешь? Мы подрастали, становились девушками. Нам хотелось что-нибудь поизящнее. А мы одевались, то, что выдавали. Особого выбора не было. Но все равно и это было хорошо, понимаешь? // A: Why did they make me the offer [to go and study in Leningrad]? It is wrong to be too critical of the Soviet times. Because children, single mothers and families who had lost their breadwinner were taken care of by the state. My two elder brothers had been killed. We were a bunch of fatherless kids, and our mother had to provide for us on her own. [ . ] The Herzen pedagogical university in Leningrad had created a special Northern Peoples faculty [to prepare young people for university].. It was created for chil­ dren like me who badly needed support from the state, who were from poor families and had no money to buy food and clothes. [...] We received food tick­ ets and used them to buy our meals. We were also given clothes, shoes, coats, scarves and dresses, I mean we always had something to wear. [...] It's not that everyone liked everything, you see? We grew up and wanted to have some more elegant clothes, but had to wear what they gave us because we had very little choice. On the other hand, even that was fine .178 178Afanas'eva interview, lines 1345-1349, 1371-1384. Senterfor samiske studier, Skriftserie nr. 19 118