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 4.5 Apollinarija Ivanovna Golyh Illustration 7: Apollinarija Golyh in home-sewn clothing for winterstays in the tundra (photo: Lukas Allemann, 2008). Apollinarija Ivanova Golyh was born in 1932 in the old Sami settlement of Voron'e. All her life she travelled into the tundra and was employed in reindeer herding, already as a small child she always accompanied her parents. Prior to collectivization, Apollinarija Ivanovna's father had a herd of about five hundred animals. When the kolkhoz was established, her father joined it. At that time you could only have 30 pri­ vate reindeer, a number that was much too small for big families. A bit later, Apollina­ rija Ivanovna relates, it was possible to own more reindeer, but every year one had to pay high taxes, so that keeping the animals was not a paying proposition. For this reason her father preferred to slaughter his animals. Before the war, hardly any Russians lived in Voron'e and Apollinarija Ivanovna therefore always spoke Sami during her childhood. In 1941 she started school, and in 1942 her father was drafted into the war. This brought great changes in the lives of Senterfor samiske studier, Skriftserie nr. 19 Г(«)П^^И1 61