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46 4.3 Conclusion The current chapter provides a historiographical analysis of the relocation policies on the Kola Sámi people and its practical implementation provided by the three studied settlements. The implementation of relocation policies was regarded with account to the oral sources and opinions of the community members. The focus is on implementation of the policy of amalgamation of collective farms in the 1960’s -1970’s due to the availability of the data on this period. When the amalgamation of collective farms was introduced, the Sámi settlements were eliminated. It presupposed that by closing all institutions of the social sector, which were built in these settlements during the time of collectivization policy, such as schools, shops and medical points that people were supposed to move elsewhere. The regional government decided on the location of the resettlement – Lovozero municipality. The involvement of community members in the relocation processes was passive, mainly carried out by information giving, in all of the three studied settlements. Relocated people received notifications on decisions by the authorities about the closure of their settlements without the opportunity to influence the decision-making process.The introduction of this policy refers to the final resettlement of the Sámi people from the whole Kola Peninsula to Lovozero and the displacement of the Kola Sámi local groups from their traditional settlements.