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 fer hunger during the war, since there was ample fish, meat and milk - a situation of which during the war most of the inhabitants of central Russia could only dream. Only flour was a very scarce commodity in these latitudes. Nevertheless Anastasija Nikolaevna says that in their village two people died during the war of hunger and exhaustion. Several of Anastasija's brothers perished on the front. After the war, Anastasija did not return to school because she had already reached working age and her family could not afford to send all children to school. The mother was sick, and of the children still living with their parents Anastasija Niko­ laevna was the oldest. The family decided that only the youngest child should re­ ceive a full education. This younger sister became an accountant and was the only one of her generation to move away from the Kola Peninsula. She still lives in Novgo­ rod. Anastasija Nikolaevna, on the other hand, could read and write only with difficul­ ty throughout her life. In 1950, at age 21, Anastasija Nikolaevna married Ivan Nikitic Matrechin. Her husband took her to Iokanga, another Sami settlement, also on the Barents Sea. There Anastasija Nikolaevna worked as a cashier. In 1958 Iokanga was liquidated by the state under the policy of 'agglomeration' or 'consolidation' (ukrupnenie), and all its residents were relocated .102 L umbovka and other places were also closed at that time or had already been liquidated. Anastasija Nikolaevna moved with her husband and children to the nearby settlement of Gremiha. The relocation took place against their wishes and those of the majority of the Sami, because no one wanted to give up abruptly the existences they had built up. Anastasija Nikolaevna's children Nadezda, Ol'ga and Ljubov' missed Iokanga for a very long time. While Anastasija Nikolaevna's children had in Iokanga been able to speak Sami among themselves largely undisturbed, this was no longer so in Gremiha. According to Anastasija Nikolaevna it was de facto forbidden to speak Sami at the school in Gremiha. The Russian teachers even visited the parents at home to convince them that it would be better if the children spoke only Russian at home. In this way the 102The exact reasons for the numerous liquidations of Sami villages are discussed in Chapter 5. Senterfor samiske studier, Skriftserie nr. 19 54