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 Apollinarija Ivanovna has one daughter, Svetlana (born 1952). She also gave birth to two sons, one stillborn and the other who lived only four months. The desire for more children was unfortunately not fulfilled. During the summer months, her daughter Svetlana, like all other reindeer herders' children, was able to join her par­ ents in the tundra. The rest of the time she lived in a boarding school. Apollinarija Ivanovna does not particularly regret this fact; even if it was hard at times, it was ul­ timately the only possible way for the children to get a full-length education. Svetlana attended school for eight years. After her husband's death, Apollinarija Ivanovna continued until 1996 as an em­ ployee of the kolkhoz (and then the cooperative that emerged from it) in the tundra. Usually her grandson was also there, who had stepped into his grandparents' foot­ steps and worked as a herdsman. Unfortunately, this grandson was in 1995 shot dead in the tundra in a conflict with poachers. To date, the cause has not been fully clari­ fied, as his companions who were witnesses to the incident were either unwilling or unable to make any concrete statements, claiming that they were all too drunk. A poacher was subsequently arrested, but then released six months later, with the the rumour going around, as Apollinarija Ivanovna reports, that he had bribed his way free. The unnatural, violent death of a family member is an event that significantly af­ fects one's perspective on life. It is therefore easy to understand that for Apollinarija Ivanovna the Soviet period was, in retrospect, clearly better than the post-Soviet one. Despite the relocations she praises the stability of their working lives. The brigades were well supplied in the tundra - helicopters flew in food and medical supplies - and they had nothing to fear from poachers. The situation in this respect is very dif­ ferent today, as Apollinarija Ivanovna has felt in full force through the loss of her grandson. By comparison, Ms Afanas'eva's situation is quite different: Her brother's murder in 1980 she interprets as a late consequence of the relocation and the subse­ quent chaos of alcoholism and de facto unemployment. For Nina Afanas'eva, the Soviet time is therefore clearly the darker period. Senterfor samiske studier, Skriftserie nr. 19 65