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 father's death, the family moved home several times, with Nina Eliseevna growing up mainly in the care of an aunt, because her mother was working most of the time in the tundra. When in 1960 Nina Eliseevna's mother finally moved into her own house, she would live in it for only four years, because then Varzino was liquidated. Life in Varzino overall was harder than in Semiostrov'e because the village was right on the windswept, treeless coast of the Barents Sea, a place where traditionally Sami - following the life rhythm of the reindeer - stayed only in summer. This knowledge of the natives the Soviet planners had failed to take into account when establishing a year-round settlement. This failure meant that in winter the inhabit­ ants had to bring in the necessary firewood from a long way off, rather than, as pre­ viously, finding it on their doorstep. Varzino was closed in 1964 as part of a further concentration of the collective farms into a few locations. Despite all the shortcom­ ings, Varzino was Nina Eliseevna's beloved home, and it hurts her to this day that this village was closed and, most importantly, that its inhabitants received no new place that they could call home. Nina Eliseevna attended the first four schools classes in Varzino. At twelve, she went to boarding school in Gremiha. The time at boarding Nina Eliseevna describes with mixed feelings. There was very little room, as the school had been built too small for the many children. The food was good, however, and there was also enough meat. Although it was not forbidden to speak Sami, the entire instruction took place in Russian. There were also Russian children at the boarding school, among other of military personnel. Nina Eliseevna stressed several times in the inter­ view that the children of different ethnicities were entirely equal in the classroom. It should not go unmentioned that Nina Eliseevna had already in Varzino joined the pioneers, the official youth organization, and had since risen to a leader position. In this way she was particularly well integrated into the social system. The most that Nina Eliseevna experienced as 'discrimination' was when the Russian pupils teased the Sami children and insulted them as Lapps (Lopari). Since Nina Eliseevna was a good student, she was given the opportunity, on fin­ ishing seventh grade, to spend the last two school years in Leningrad at the peda­ Senterfor samiske studier, Skriftserie nr. 19 45