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 education, moving to totally different parts of the Soviet Union (Har'kov, Doneck, Rostov on the Don) and leading urban lives, Anna Nikolaevna was the only one to marry a Sami and continue the traditional form of life. Anna Nikolaevna presents this as a fairly conscious choice. After the marriage Anisim Efimovic gave up his work as a miner in Moncegorsk where he had been for four years, to return to work as a reindeer herder and live with his wife in Lovozero. For 42 years, from 1954 to 1996, they worked together as mem­ bers of the kolkhoz in reindeer herding, from April to the new year in the tundra and in the remaining time at home in Lovozero. Later they also joined the Communist Party. To crown their overall successful working and party lives the couple were able, towards the end of the Soviet period, to move into a single-family house in a new quarter; a comfort which few Soviet citizens ever enjoyed. Anna Nikolaevna's husband died in 2005. Anna Nikolaevna has six children, five of whom are married and one is single and lives with her in Lovozero. Together, they have to live on two small pensions, one of which goes entirely on heating, electricity and other charges, and the other is barely enough for food. With some longing, Anna Nikolaevna therefore remembers the days when the bottom line was better. Of the biographies illustrated here, Anna Nikolaevna Jur'eva's life is the only one not characterized by forced resettlement. She and her family were always able to live and work in their familiar environment. Anna Nikolaevna and her husband had ful­ filling working lives that resembled in many ways the traditional lifestyle of their an­ cestors, but in which they could also benefit from the positive aspects of the Soviet period, without noticing too much of the dark side. These are the main reasons why Anna Nikolaevna's overall view of the Soviet era is considerably more positive than that of the other interviewees. Senterfor samiske studier, Skriftserie nr. 19 51