History Ter Sami language
zoya gerasimova (left), 1 of last speakers of ter sami.
photo taken in 2006.
in end of 19th century, there 6 ter sami villages in eastern part of kola peninsula, total population of approximately 450. in 2004, there approximately 100 ethnic ter sami of whom 2 elderly persons speak language; rest have shifted language russian.
the rapid decline in number of speakers caused soviet collectivisation, during use prohibited in schools , homes in 1930s, , largest ter sami village, yokanga, declared perspectiveless , inhabitants forced move gremikha military base.
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