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 В: А вы? О: Я в свою церковь хожу тоже. В: И в советское время? О: В мыслях все время была. В: Как, в мыслях? О: В мыслях все время с богом жила тоже. Потому что я крещенная, мне говорили, крещенная. // Q: [...] What was and is you relationship to religion? Did it play an important role in your life in the Soviet times? A: As for my parents, all their life they- Religion was prohibited during the Soviet times. My grandmother always prayed to God and told us prophecies. Each reli­ gious holiday she would go to the church in Kirovsk [45 km away from Umbo- zero]. The church there was not destroyed during the War. It was a building made of wood. She would go there to pray on all religious holidays. Then she wanted a church built here [in Umbozero]. She tried her best, but her dream never come true. When she was 89, she fell ill and died. But before that she said there would be a church here, in Lovozero and Revda. It's a pity she didn't live to see that day. (3) My father was a Communist, but he, like my mother, believed in God. As for my grandma, she was a very religious person and had lots of icons. [...] When my mother died, my sister took all those very old icons with her. She now lives in Apatity. Q: And what about you? A: I also go to church. Q: Did you go there in the Soviet times as well? A: In my thoughts I was with God all along Q: What do you mean 'in your thoughts'? A: In my thoughts I always lived with God. That's because I was baptized. That's what they told me .124 124Jur'eva interview, lines 400-420. Senterfor samiske studier, Skriftserie nr. 19 75