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 tundra. After that Apollinarija Ivanovna continued to work at the same rhythm until 1996. She describes her work and life in the tundra in great detail. From December to April, she worked in Lovozero in the kolkhoz sewing studio. There she sewed foot­ wear in the traditional way for the reindeer herdsmen. From April to December, the Golyhs lived mostly out in the tundra. There was no shortage of work there: as a cum- rabotnica - two women had to provide for eight herders - Apollinarija Ivanovna's job was to wash, sew, bake bread, chop wood, heat the bathhouse, tan leather and fish. Holidays were therefore in winter, with Apollinarija Ivanovna and her husband on a number of occasions being able to spend these in a sanatorium in southern Russia to recover from the hard work. In the wild, the brigades (i.e., the groups of herdsmen and cumrabotnicy respon­ sible for a herd) initially still lived in large tents (cum), which were moved from time to time following the movements of the animals. From the 1960s onwards, a network of wooden huts was built, which made life more comfortable. Apollinarija Ivanovna appreciated this innovation. What she did not like, however, was the transition to motorized 'draft animals'. Whereas previously Apollinarija Ivanovna would drive di­ rectly on reindeer sleighs to the more northerly summer pastures on the Barents Sea, from the 1960s onwards the herdmen were brought to their grazing areas first by bus, with a long detour via Murmansk, and then by vezdehod (an all-terrain amphibi­ ous vehicle). Apollinarija Ivanovna regrets especially the lost emotional aspect of the journey with the reindeer. These and similar rationalizations made the profession of reindeer herder increasingly unattractive. These decisions were all made by the kol­ khoz management, which according to Apollinarija Ivanovna consisted solely of Rus­ sians. The Golyh couple was never politically active, even if Apollinarija Ivanovna's husband had joined the party during the war. This was customary, and hardly anyone was able to escape the group pressure. Apollinarija Ivanovna herself never cared for political or ideological issues, especially after the disappointment of the resettle­ ment. When joining the party was proposed to her, she refused. Senterfor samiske studier, Skriftserie nr. 19 64