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 The structure of the paper is largely chronological, in part with thematically or­ ganized sub-sections. 1.2 On the transliteration of Russian and Sami words, on the glossary and on gender usage All non-English words in this work are placed in italics, with the exception of people and place names. Russian words, other than those with received English spellings (kolkhoz, Khrushchev, etc.) are spelled according to the transliteration rules of ISO/R 9:1968. Words in other languages (mainly Finno-Ugric languages like Sami and Komi) occur only rarely and relate mainly to the traditional lifestyles. These are transliterat­ ed according to their Cyrillic spelling in the same way as Russian words. In the main text and in the interview transcriptions, unspecified terms which the reader cannot be assumed to recognize are explained in the glossary, which is locat­ ed in the appendix of this work. For the sake of readability, the masculine gender pronoun (he/his/him) is fre­ quently used in the present work in a general sense to designate a single person of either sex, with the female form (she/her) used only when women are exclusively meant. 1.3 Introductory information on the Sami people 1.3.1 Distribution area and source of the Sami Although belonging to the Finno-Ugric language group, the Sami differ significantly from their nearest linguistic relatives, the Finns, Karelians, Veps, Estonians and others. On the question as to whether the so-called Proto-Sami were a Finno-Ugric people or not, there is no consensus. The literature on this subject fills entire libraries, and we shall not go further into the subject. The territory that the Sami inhabit can be broad­ ly divided into four zones: the forest areas of northern Sweden and Finland; the North Sea coast (Barents Sea); the mountainous regions of Norway, Sweden and Finland and the Kola Peninsula (Russia). The entire coast of the Barents Sea, both in Russia Senterfor samiske studier, Skriftserie nr. 19 5