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Diedut 2/2008 dynamic. The content o f this procedure consists of uniting the information from different sources into a model. It implies identification o f the infor mation about objects/phenomenon contained in different volumes. This specific procedure is the technological backbone o f the whole research. We offered identification techniques for three types o f objects/pheno menon: people, geographical objects and groups. As a result o f this work, out o f 4502 records o f male fixed in siidas that were recorded in the censuses in the period from 1678 to 1763, 2133 male fixed in siidas were traced. The placenames that were mentioned in our sources were identified with geographical objects and depicted on the map using GIS. As a result of the conducted procedure o f graphical identification 327 objects have been presented. In the book practically all groups o f Sami in the 16th - 17th cc. that were mentioned in the sources have been identified. Since these groups in the sources were connected to certain geographical objects, it was possible to map their areas. In the chapters described a cognitive model has been developed. The third chapter, entitled “The Social Structure” was devoted to filling this model with empiric material and thus creating a substantial model. This chapter examines the main researched elements o f the Sami society: siida, patriline, family unit and vezha. The examined elements were presented in dynamic form and in view o f the regional specifics. On the basis o f these materials the dynamic o f the population numbers o f the Kola uezd Sami in the researched period has been researched. This allowed to make a range o f conclusions about the social processes. The allocation o f the Sami groups and their areas have mostly remained unchanged throughout the time period in question. It leads to the conclusion about the existence of a system o f allocation o f the siida. Siida, nominated as the “ pogost ”, was a very stable institute. The documented length o f the existence o f some these social units are more than 400 years. In the time period in question Sami did not tie the origin o f the siida with certain people. Siida was a unity o f people connected with the area o f their habitat. During this whole period the taxation policy influenced the strengthening o f the role o f those siida who acted as the group subject to taxation. The male population o f the siida was quite stable. From generation to generation most o f the men mostly remained in the same siida. The social importance of the patriline at the time in question was expressed in the performance of land inheritance functions in certain areas. In the Sami society the dominating tendency was for the newlyweds to settle in the siida of the husband, but separately from the parents. Most of the family units, in their composition, were similar to the nuclear family. Family units 260