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 work and making fur garments. Today Marija Alekseevna is retired and still lives in Lovozero. Almost all of Marija Alekseevna's children speak Sami. Only one daughter, Galina, cannot speak the language. The youngest son, Petr, has married a Norwegian Sami and lives with her and their two children in Norway, where he even worked for a while as a Sami teacher. Except for Petr, all of Marija Alekseevna's children live in Lovozero. Marija Alekseevna has relatives in Finland. For the first time, in the 1980s, cousins of Marija Alekseevna's mother came to Lovozero looking for her. Unfortunately, the mother had recently died, so that she never saw her close relatives from the other side of the Iron Curtain. But the contact with Marija Alekseevna and their sisters was established, and later there were family gatherings also on the other side of the bor­ der. Marija Alekseevna's youngest brother worked all his life as a reindeer herder, but died very early from cancer. Of Marija Alekseevna's two sisters, one lives in Lovozero and the other in St. Petersburg. The latter was trained as a teacher and remained there. Marija Alekseevna's husband died in 2007 aged 74. Today Marija Alekseevna complains primarily that there is too little money, and that the state does not allow old people to live in dignity. One evil that is today for her much worse than during the Soviet Union is poaching. For this reason today hunting and fishing are severely regulated and restricted. Despite all the difficult circumstances Marija Alekseevna has always attached great importance to the preservation of the Sami language and traditions. Not least through the revived contacts with the Sami in Norway and Finland she has been able to maintain fairly well an interest in their own roots, including in her grandchildren's generation. She is very keen for the Sami culture to be promoted more strongly, also in an institutional setting. Senterfor samiske studier, Skriftserie nr. 19 60