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 - Were there dreams of a life in the city? - Thoughts on the present: What is better, worse? Future prospects for the Sami peo­ ple? - Religion - Love and marriage: choice of partner, Russian or Sami? Prohibitions and taboos - Influence of political, cultural and social events on the local and personal life (e.g. death of Stalin, the 'Sputnik' shock, introduction of radio and television) - Looking back: In retrospect is life in the Soviet Union perceived differently than be­ fore? - Songs, verses or crafts: What role did they play in life? 2.4 Technical aspects of transcription and analysis of the interviews All five interviews were recorded and then fully transcribed in the original language (Russian). The transcription is not as spoken, but keeps largely to Russian spelling rules, with the language slightly smoothed in the process. The transcription signs needed to represent the phonetic nuances of speech are taken over both in the orig­ inal Russian version of the interviews and in the quotations translated into English. The system of transcription characters comes from Rosenthal (1987). The Russian transcriptions have a line numbering. A list of transcription characters is found in the appendix. Direct quotations in this book are given both in the original Russian version and in English translation. The corresponding line numbers in the complete text of the interview are given in the footnotes. The translation of direct quotations has been stylistically polished, since it is very difficult to reproduce word-for-word the uneven­ ness of spontaneous spoken language (broken sentences, misuse of cases, etc.). Following normal practice in scholarly papers on historical subjects working with life history interviews, names have been left unchanged. All the interviewees have given their explicit permission to transcribe and quote their statements without changes. Senterfor samiske studier, Skriftserie nr. 19 29