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A Sami woman wearing a replica of traditional Kola Peninsula Sami dress. Sami Culture Centre, Lovozero. Murmansk, NW Russia. 2005
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Sami women wearing replicas of traditional Kola Peninsula Sami dress. Sami Culture Centre, Lovozero. Murmansk, NW Russia. 2005
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Piotr Galkin, a Sami elder from the village of Lovozero, Kola Peninsula, Murmansk, NW Russia. 2005
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Vassily Selivanov, a Sami reindeer herder from Lovozero, carries firewood into his hut. Murmansk, NW Russia. 2005
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Two Sami reindeer herders relax in their hut after a days' work at their winter pastures. Lovozero, Murmansk, NW Russia. 2005
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Vassily Selivanov, a Sami reindeer herder from Lovozero, relaxes with a cigarette after a day's work. Murmansk, NW Russia. 2005
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A Sami reindeer herd at their winter pastures near Lovozero on the Kola Peninsula. NW Russia. 2005
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Dik, a Sami reindeer herder's dog, travels behind his owner on a snowmobile. Lovozero, Murmansk, NW Russia. 2005
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Two reindeer at their winter pastures near Lovozero on the Kola Peninsula. NW Russia. 2005
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Velodia Dirkatch, a Sami man from Lovozero, with his reindeer sled. Murmansk, NW Russia. 2005
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Vassily Selivanov, a Sami reindeer herder from Lovozero, Murmansk, NW Russia. 2005
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Vassily Selivanov, a Sami man from Lovozero, driving a reindeer sled. Murmansk, NW Russia. 2005
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Olga Kirillova, a Sami woman from Lovozero, out on the tundra with her reindeer herding dog, Dik. Murmansk, NW Russia. 2005
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A birch tree covered in hoar frost and snow on the tundra near Lovozero in the winter time. Murmansk, NW Russia. 2005
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Olga Kirillova, a Sami woman from Lovozero, out on the tundra with her reindeer herding dog, Dik. Murmansk, NW Russia. 2005
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Olga Kirillova, a Sami woman from Lovozero, lights a fire during a break in a snowmobile journey. Murmansk, NW Russia. 2005
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Olga Kirillova, a Sami woman from Lovozero, warms her hands by a fire during a break in a winter snowmobile journey. Murmansk, NW Russia. 2005
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Nikolai Lukin, a Sami reindeer herder from Lovozero, taking supplies to his winter camp by snowmobile. Murmansk, NW Russia. 2005
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Maria Zakharova, an 82 year old Sami woman, wearing a jacket with her Soviet medals in her apartment in Lovozero. Murmansk, Kola Peninsula, NW Russia. 2005
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The Sami Culture Centre in Lovozero, Murmansk, NW Russia. 2005
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Maria Zakharova, an 82 year old Sami woman, in her apartment in Lovozero. Murmansk, Kola Peninsula, NW Russia. 2005
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Valentina Kirillova, Sami Radio's first presenter, in the recording studio at Lovozero. Murmansk, Kola Peninsula, NW Russia. 2005
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Maria Zakharova, an 82 year old Sami woman, at the window of her apartment in Lovozero. Murmansk, Kola Peninsula, NW Russia. 2005
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Fyorkla Chaporova (left), an 82 year old Sami woman with her younger sister, Paulina (80), from the village of Shongui. Kola Peninsula, NW Russia. 2005
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Anna Yurieva, an elderly Sami woman, walks to her tent, at a summer fishing camp near Lovozero. Kola Peninsula, NW Russia. 2005
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A kettle simmers above a fire at a Sami summer camp near Lovozero. Kola Peninsula, NW Russia. 2005
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Anna Yurieva, an elderly Sami woman, at a summer fishing camp near Lovozero. Kola Peninsula, NW Russia. 2005
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Two Sami men out checking their fishing nets in a wooden boat at sunset near Lovozero (Strong Lake). Kola Peninsula, NW Russia. 2005
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Sami men return to their summer camp in a wooden boat after checking their fishing nets near Lovozero. Kola Peninsula, NW Russia. 2005
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Valery Yuriev, a Sami man from Lovozero, sits by an open fire at a summer fishing camp. Kola Peninsula, NW Russia. 2005
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Sasha, a Sami man, checking his fishing nets near Lovozero (Strong Lake). Kola Peninsula, NW Russia. 2005
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Anna Yurieva, her son Valery and their dog, returning to Lovozero by boat after a summer fishing trip. Kola Peninsula, NW Russia. 2005
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Boats on the river bank in the summer at Lovozero. Kola Peninsula, NW Russia. 2005
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