Afanasyeva, A. Forced relocations of the Kola Sámi people: background and consequences / by Anna Afanasyeva. - Tromsø: University of Tromsø, 2013. - 82 p.: ill., map, portr.

60 relocations. These consequences had negative impacts on the economic development of the Kola Sámi after the relocations. The traditional Sámi settlements were still to a large degree isolated from other cultures in the 1930’s, than after the final eliminations of the Sámi settlements and relocations of the Sámi population to Lovozero. In Lovozero the Sámi people became a minority in a multicultural settlement instead of majority in their own traditional villages, both culturally and in terms of language use. The social environment in traditional villages was favorable for the cultural and language continuity. The unstable language environment in Lovozero and in other places has led to the very poor situation of the Sámi languages. The extinct Akkala and nearly extinct Skolt Sámi languages are by far the most dramatic examples of the severe impacts of the Soviet economic policies on the Sámi culture. The domination by Komi, Russians, and other non-Sámi populations in Lovozero put the Sámi people, previously a majority in their own settlements, on the unequal grounds of a relocated minority living in the post- displacement realm.