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 Illustration 14: 6 February 1993. Day of the Sami: Founding of the Organiza tion of Sami Handicrafts - another symbol of the resurgence of Sami ethnic self-awareness. The Sami flag is visible in the background (Nina Afanas'eva - private archive). The obvious probems of the Sami were first made known to a wide public in 1989 in the Moscow-published and nationally distributed newspaper Trud. This article is an impressive historical document, containing information that until shortly before could never have been discussed in public: "In the tundra used to be many scattered settlements [...] in which men and women worked side by side. The inhabitants of the settlements were resettled in Lovozero. The women were torn from their traditional way of life, the men, how Senterfor samiske studier, Skriftserie nr. 19 123
Made with FlippingBook
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy MTUzNzYz