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 The random element fits perfectly with the intentions of the present study be­ cause, in addition to the above criteria, it was important that no further biographical details should play a part in the selection of candidates - no one life is 'better' than another. 2.3.2 The list of topics Before conducting the interviews, a list of topics to be addressed in each interview was drawn up. If the interlocutors did not bring up these topics of their own accord in the main narrative, they were treated in the subsequent after-questions part .64 The following topics were addressed, with no requirement for them to be dealt with in a particular order :65 - Places and stations of the interviewee's life - The relationship with the Russian and Sami languages - Alcoholism - Collectivization and Stalinism - Was there humiliation based on ethnicity? - Were there cases in which it was, on the contrary, helpful to be a Sami? - Home: hierarchical order, education, festivals and holidays, customs, eating habits - School: educational levels, educational opportunities, teachers, classmates, free­ dom of choice - Work: conditions, career choice, superiors, colleagues - Health and illness - Life in the tundra/village/city: communities, conflicts, infrastructure - Contacts with other Sami communities (also from the Nordic countries), with the Russians and other ethnic groups 64 One exception is the interview with Anastasija Matrehina, which took place spontaneously and relatively unprepared about a year before the other interviews and for which no such list of topics was available. 65The list of topics was to a large extent taken over from the research project "The Shtetl in the Soviet Union", directed by Prof. Dr. Heiko Haumann and for which I myself had undertaken a life history in­ terview. This project also dealt with the lives of a minority in the Soviet Union, this time Jews. Other topics were added to the list, especially those relating specifically to the Sami. Senterfor samiske studier, Skriftserie nr. 19 28