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 blow there. [ . ] That land was home to the Sami people who used it for reindeer breeding, fishing and hunting. There are lakes deep in the mainland. But they are not that abundant. The Ekostrovskij settlement was also located there, be­ tween Moncegorsk and Imandra. And there were also very big lakes. That's where the Moncegorsk Sami lived. They lived everywhere. Then Moncegorsk [a new industrial city] was built. And the Sami who lived there were, too, scattered around. The authorities built the Lapland reserve [a biosphere reserve]. That's where Grandfather Frost [a Russian equivalent of Santa Claus] is headquartered. Our governor likes going there on vacation ((sarcastically)). It's a very beautiful place. But what about the Sami from Babinskiy [used to be a settlement, is now part of the biosphere reserve]. They used to have this winter settlement, but the authorities dismantled it. They were not too mindful of this people's lifestyle. But the Sami followed a very strict pattern of survival: in summer, they lived here, in autumn, they lived there; in other words, they were semi-nomads. When winter came, they were sedentary for a longer period, living in the winter settlements [...]. But the military made us leave the sea coast. They built huge mining plants in Moncegorsk, Kirovsk and Apatity and needed the land which is rich in miner­ als. The same is true for the sea coast where the Nikel' and the Zapoljarnyj set­ tlements are located, the situation there is just the same. They are building up industries there. And it will carry on like this - without us because we'll no longer be there. We're no longer a hindrance for them nowadays .140 In other words - unlike in wartime under Stalin - we are not talking about resettle­ ments for specific ethnic criteria. Put rather simply and crudely, it was precisely the Sami who 'just happened' to inhabit the areas on the north coast that were interest­ ing for the military, it 'just happened' to be the Sami who inhabited the areas of the Kola Peninsula along the main traffic routes that were important for industry, and it was ironically also the Sami who inhabited the area that which was selected in 1930 by the state to found the - since 1985 UNESCO protected - Lapland Reserve (Lap- 140Afanas'eva interview, lines 866-898. Senterfor samiske studier, Skriftserie nr. 19 86