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: Вы рассказываете все эти вещи, скажем, не очень приятные обстоятельства для вас и ваших родных. О: Ну это не только меня касалось или моих родных. Это коснулось всех саамов Мурманской области. То, что пережили мы в этой маленькой деревне, это пережили жители Кильдина, это пережили жители Чудзъява. [...] Да западную сторону взять. Тридцать поселков саамских закрыли. Так вот то, что пережила я, весь запад, да там еще Западная Лица. Поселок Белокаменка, сегодня занято Североморском [крупнейшей базой Северного флота]. Военные. Понимаете, развивая систему здесь на Кольском полуострове, мощную военную систему, местное население, оно как бы оказалось в заложниках. Потому что мы мешали тут, мы мешали сям, мы мешали здесь. // A: [...] There was a Pomor military unit in our village [Varzino]. They stood on a hill and watched the sky for enemy airplanes. There was also a border patrol sta­ tion. They built the so-called command post and a shooting range. They laid rails and had targets running on them. They used this equipment to teach shooting to young soldiers. That's why they closed our village: they no longer needed it. I mean there were many reasons why they did it. The military wanted to move in. Submariners, rangers, air defence - they all needed space, and the civil popula­ tion was just seen as a hindrance [...]. Q: The things you are talking about must not have been very pleasant for you and your family. A: Well, it didn't only concern me and my family. All the Sami in the Murmansk region were affected. We who lived in that small village, those who lived in Kil'din and Cudz'javr shared the same fate [ . ] The authorities closed as many as thirty Sami settlements on the western side, including Zapadnaja Lica and Belo- kamenka where now Severomorsk [the biggest base of the North Fleet] is locat­ ed. It's all about the military. The army wanted to build up a strong presence on Senterfor samiske studier, Skriftserie nr. 19 83