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 mer homes. The important vegetative border between taiga and tundra runs through the Kola Peninsula. While inland, trees are available in sufficient numbers, these become fewer and fewer as one moves north. The north coast, which contains not only Varzino but also Gremiha, Ms Matrehina's place of residence, is almost en­ tirely destitute of trees, which also means a lack of protection from the icy winter winds and lack of firewood. This disregard of the fundamental knowledge of the in­ digenous inhabitants and of the local peculiarities of climate and vegetation brought not new logistical difficulties, such procuring firewood, but also made people un­ happy with their new, assigned, place of residence. Illustration 8: Nothing remains today of the village of Varzino on the coast of the Barents Sea which was liquidated in 1962 (Photo: A. Stepanenko, 2001). About the handling of so-called kulaks in the period before the Great Terror there is very little information in the existing literature. According to the work of Kiselev/Kiseleva (1987), which represents the official Soviet position, the more pros­ perous reindeer herders had to reckon, in the first period of collectivization, with ad­ ministrative measures: they were forced to hand in their guns, excluded from the cooperatives and not served in the newly created slaughterhouses and veterinary Senterfor samiske studier, Skriftserie nr. 19 71