Glance at History of Kola Saami in Russia (Part I)

<h1>Glance at History of Kola Saami in Russia (Part I)</h1>Author: <a title="Rachel Madorsky" href="http://www.articlesbase.com/authors/rachel-madorsky/131988.htm">Rachel Madorsky</a> One of the reasons to come back to Kola Peninsula was to make a personal connection with the Sami as I mentioned before. Since my high school days, my curiosity had been growing about the Lapps’ ability of adjusting to the harsh Arctic climate and their world-famous craft of shamanism, which was brought by their ancestors from Asia thousands of years ago and had never slow down. Just as for my previous visit, before traveling to Kola Peninsula, I had another quick look into the history of Kola Sami. It is in my nature to research and compare information from different sources before making conclusions, and this helped me this time by gaining a distinct observation of their daily life. It was quite different from what I heard on the phone with Sami woman. Sami of Kola Peninsula represent an absolutely independent ethnographic group which name is Kola Sami or Lapps. The base of their anthropology appearance is a Lapps-type of a large European race. They are short in stature with large, rounded faces. They can be defined by a combination of activities and endeavors including reindeer breeding, fishery, hunting, semi-nomadic behavior and a settled way of life during the last few decades. Artifacts confirm that the Sami were resettled on the Kola Peninsula territory prior to 2000 BC. In the end of 1000 BC and the beginning of 2000 AD, the habitation area of Sami included also Karelia, Priladozhe, Prionezhe, Belozere, and a river basin of Northern Dvina. Kola Sami is an ethnic minority related to the Sami of the north of the Scandinavian Peninsula (Norway, Sweden, and Finland). Among the Kola Sami, ethnic and ethnographic groups are not allocated, but there are territorial divisions with names linked to the names of settlements and surrounding land territories where the Sami lived. In the beginning of the seventeenth century, there were fifteen; and in the end of eighteenth century, only seventeen settlements could be accounted for. They have lived through many different periods of colonization and have witnessed many political circumstances. It is a dark page of their history.                                                                ©<a href="http://www.RachelMadorsky.com"> Rachel Madorsky</a>About the Author: <A href="http://www.RachelMadorsky.com"> Rachel Madorsky</a>is an internationally acclaimed award-winning author of several books and various articles. She shares her vision on numerous subjects.Article Source: <a href="http://www.articlesbase.com/">ArticlesBase.com</a> - <a href="http://www.articlesbase.com/history-articles/glance-at-history-of-kola-saami-in-russia-part-i-950402.html" title="Glance at History of Kola Saami in Russia (Part I)">Glance at History of Kola Saami in Russia (Part I)</a>

One of the reasons to come back to Kola Peninsula was to make a personal connection with the Sami as I mentioned before. Since my high school days, my curiosity had been growing about the Lapps’ ability of adjusting to the harsh Arctic climate and their world-famous craft of shamanism, which was brought by their ancestors from Asia thousands of years ago and had never slow down.

Just as for my previous visit, before traveling to Kola Peninsula, I had another quick look into the history of Kola Sami. It is in my nature to research and compare information from different sources before making conclusions, and this helped me this time by gaining a distinct observation of their daily life. It was quite different from what I heard on the phone with Sami woman.

Sami of Kola Peninsula represent an absolutely independent ethnographic group which name is Kola Sami or Lapps. The base of their anthropology appearance is a Lapps-type of a large European race. They are short in stature with large, rounded faces. They can be defined by a combination of activities and endeavors including reindeer breeding, fishery, hunting, semi-nomadic behavior and a settled way of life during the last few decades.

Artifacts confirm that the Sami were resettled on the Kola Peninsula territory prior to 2000 BC. In the end of 1000 BC and the beginning of 2000 AD, the habitation area of Sami included also Karelia, Priladozhe, Prionezhe, Belozere, and a river basin of Northern Dvina.

Kola Sami is an ethnic minority related to the Sami of the north of the Scandinavian Peninsula (Norway, Sweden, and Finland). Among the Kola Sami, ethnic and ethnographic groups are not allocated, but there are territorial divisions with names linked to the names of settlements and surrounding land territories where the Sami lived.

In the beginning of the seventeenth century, there were fifteen; and in the end of eighteenth century, only seventeen settlements could be accounted for. They have lived through many different periods of colonization and have witnessed many political circumstances. It is a dark page of their history.

Rachel Madorskyis an internationally acclaimed award-winning author of several books and various articles. She shares her vision on numerous subjects.

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