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 О: Да, не нравилось нам, но все же они сделали свое. // A: This perestroika got off to a very bad start. We didn't like it. We didn't like it at all. It was all started by that bald guy [Gorbachev]. I no longer remember his name. Q: It all began in 1985. A: Right, we didn't like it, but they did everything their own way .184 For reindeer herding, perestroika initially brought little change. This came a little later, from about the 1989 onwards. Under Gorbachev, one can speak of a 'national awak­ ening' of the Sami. In 1989 the Organization of the Sami of the Kola Peninsula (Asso- ciacija kol'skich saamov) was founded, with the goal of protecting Sami interests in local politics and establishing contacts with Sami of Fennoscandia. Later on, a parallel organization, the OOSMO (Obscestvennaja Organizacija Saamov Murmanskoj oblasti or Society of the Sami of Murmansk Province) was also formed. Although the work of the two organizations is repeatedly slowed by conflict, their merit surely lies, among other things, in promoting the ethnic self-awareness of the Sami. Today many younger people are reflecting on their Sami roots, even if often with no direct com­ mand of the Sami language .185 184Jur'eva interview, lines 301-304. 185Cf.: Bol'sakova 2005, 219; Klement'ev/Slygina 2003, 42; Kulincenko 2002, 27. Senterfor samiske studier, Skriftserie nr. 19 [M^^H 122