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7 The second part of the project was aimed at interviewing community members as well as data annotation. This part of the fieldwork was devoted to the socio- anthropological scope of the project, which constitutes emotional and social experiences of the community as applied to the given historical periods. In order to achieve the following results, statistical data collection and additional interviews of community members were primarily focused on those who experienced the policy of forced relocations and descendants of these groups, and who have been pupils of boarding schools and had undergone assimilation policy in education and social environments. However, when considering oral sources 15 it should be taken into consideration that the memories of interviewees can be distorted through time and this data should not be considered as absolute historical truth. 1.4.1 Selection of the informants and interviewees Informants were selected on the basis of three principles: age, the extent of their direct personal involvement, and location. In the course of the fieldwork I interviewed informants of both genders. First, I tried to choose informants who were born in the 1930’s -1940’s. Secondly, I tried to identify interviewees who were directly involved in relocations measures. In addition some community leaders were interviewed, all of whom are descendants of resettled groups. And finally, I concentrated my interviews on informants from three particular Sámi settlements: Varzino (Kildin Sámi. Arsjogk) 16 , Jokanga (Ter Sámi. Jovvkuj) 17 and Voron’e (Kildin Sámi. Koardegk). 18 While referencing with the interviews, two options were offered: direct usage of the first names and family names, or anonymity. Most of my informants wished their names would not be mentioned with open access. Therefore, according to these considerations I will keep the opinions of informants anonymous. However, I will state the date of birth, original place of birth, and will use numbering in order to introduce them, such as for instance Informant A, Informant B, Informant C and etc. In the appendix application one will find the Metadata table, which gives an overview of all informants questioned during the fieldwork. 15 see also Alleman 2010a. 16 Varzino, settlement with reindeer herding state farm “Bolshevik”; note map 3 № 2. The name of the settlement further in this work is used in Russian in reference to the state archival documents. 17 Jokanga, settlement with reindeer herding state farm “Peredovoj put”/ “Spartak”; note map 3 № 3. The name of the settlement further in this work is used in Russian in reference to the state archival documents. 18 Voron’e, settlement with reindeer herding state farm “Dobrovolec”; note map 3 № 8. The name of the settlement further in this work is used in Russian in reference to the state archival documents.