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 Q: [...] the village [Varzino] was closed in 1964, its last residents moved out in 1968. A: You mean, you needn't have built that house? [Prior to the eviction they had built a new house] Q: Why? A: What do you mean? Q: You only used it for four years. A: While he [her father] was building the house, we had no idea that the authori­ ties would do anything like this because it was Krushchev, not Stalin, who was in power. And the official policy was to enlarge the farMs It was different in 1937 when the state began destroying far-off villages that for them had no prospects. They just started destroying all of the Sami villages. [...] They were all devastated like by a wildfire. They closed whole villages, as many as 30 of them, including Semiostrov'e that was home to my parents, my grandmother and grandfather. All of their efforts were wasted. And as far as the village of Varzino is concerned, we moved there in 1939. In 1964, I visited it for the last time [...]. In 1968, it cea­ sed to exist .138 Nina Afanas'eva, however, brings up in the conversation the real reasons for the clo­ sures. These were of a totally different type and not officially publicized: О: [...] У нас [в Варзино] часть была войска помор, стояли на горке, охраняли небо наше, ловили самолеты чужие, и пограничная часть была. Так вот было пос- был построен так называемый командный пункт из этой школы и стрельбище. Ну, рельсы проведены там, мишени бегали. Учили мальчиков стрелять. Поэтому. Поэтому вот нашу деревню закрыли, чтобы тоже не нужна стала. То есть мотивов для закрытия было много, и военные занимали эту территорию. А подводный флот, погранцы, ПВО, куда-то их надо было, а гражданское население показалось как бы помехой. [...] 138Afanas'eva interview, lines 533-551. Senterfor samiske studier, Skriftserie nr. 19 82