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 views has shown that the lives of many Sami have for a long time no longer revolved around reindeer breeding. While many ethnologists and social anthropologists may regret this in their publications, a thematic overweighting of reindeer herding ulti­ mately fails to provide a realistic description of the living conditions of today's Sami. As a citizens of the multi-ethnic state of Russia they are to be found in all kinds of occupations, especially those Sami like Nina Afanas'eva and Anastasija Matrehina who did not or no longer live in Lovozero. With all the changes described in the previous sections, the original way of life of the Sami was largely lost. Hunting and fishing, once as important as reindeer breeding, became largely irrelevant as sources of income and were practised often only as a leisure activity .182A s already mentioned in the first part of this book, the traditional way of life had begun to change significantly already by the end of the nineteenth century. The most dramatic upheavals in the lives of the Sami took place, however, between the 1930s and 1970s. The politics of the post-war period (1950s to 1970s) - a time that many other residents of the USSR look back on as a period of relative calm and stability - cost the Sami people dearly. It is from this viewpoint that we can in­ terpret the statement by Sami eyewitness Alja Sergina, as quoted by Robin­ son/Kassam (1998) but not further commented on, that for them the Stalinist era lasted from 1930 to 1974 .183T he thaw began late for the Sami, from the mid-1970s, when the Soviet planners' system had been finally 'pushed through', and life re­ turned to a relatively steady rhythm. 5.5 Perestroika and the post-Soviet period О: Так эта перестройка-то, конечно, была начата-то, было очень плохо. Не нравилось. Нисколько не нравилось это вот. Вот начал у нас перестройку- то- как лысая голова-то? В: Ну, в 85-ом году началась. 182Cf.: Klement'ev/Slygina 2003, 74. Today, in times of massive unemployment, low wages and unaf­ fordable prices, hunting and fishing have regained importance as sources of food. 183Quoted from: Robinson/Kassam 1998, 81. Senterfor samiske studier, Skriftserie nr. 19 121