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 Three factors today impact the precarious ecological situation and serve to reduce the living and working space of the Sami living in the country: a) Industrialization The massive colonization of the Kola Peninsula, with the consequent construction of roads and industrial plants, on which whole towns depend ,195 h as severely reduced the reindeer habitat. Hardly any reindeer are to be found west of the main transport routes (road and rail line to St. Petersburg). In particular mining and the metals indus­ try have created ecological disasters in the areas around Nikel' and Moncegorsk. Whole forest zones have been killed off by sulphur dioxide emissions, with continu­ ing serious consequences . 196 Given the relatively small area, early colonization and dense population of the Kola Peninsula, the problems attendant on urbanization and industrialization are greater than in most other sub-Arctic regions of Russia. 195 The cities of Nikel' and Apatity are, for example, named after the raw materials nickel and apatite that are mined and industrially processed there. 196Cf.: Wheelersburg/Gutsol 2008, 82. Senterfor samiske studier, Skriftserie nr. 19 130