Nina Afanasyeva

**Nina Yeliseyevna Afanasyeva** (Russian: Нина Елисеевна Афанасьева; pseudonym, Kildin Sami: Е̄льцэ Нӣна Афанасьева, romanized: *Jeel'ce Niina Afanas'jeva*; born February 1, 1939) be Russian-Sami politician den language activist.

## Ein Biography
Dem born Nina Yeliseyevna Afanasyeva am for February 29, 1939, insyd de village of Varsino. Na ein parents be Sami, wey she grow up plus de Kildin Sámi language as ein mother tongue.

Insyd 1963, she plete ein studies insyd pedagogy for de Institute of de Peoples of the North insyd Leningrad wey she work till 1983 as teacher of Russian language den literature as well as German insyd adult education for de cities of Apatity den Murmansk insyd.

Since 1980, Afanasyeva dey work for de conservation den development of de endangered Sami languages for de Kola Peninsula. She be co-author of de first Kildin Sami-Russian dictionary, wey dem publish insyd 1985 under de editorship of Rimma Kurutsch. In addition plus de dictionary, Afanasyeva co-author de publication of sam series of textbooks den didactic materials for de Kildin language. She sana be de author of sam Kildin Sami-Russian phrasebook (2010).

Since de time of perestroika, Afanasyeva be active as Sami politician den minority activist. Na she be instrumental as dem dey form de Association of Sámi insyd Murmansk Oblast insyd 1998 wey na she be head of de NGO as president from 1990 go 2010. She sana serve as president of de Saami Council from 1995 go 1996.

Afanasyeva no be fluent only for Kildin Sami den Russian, but for Northern Sami den German insyd too. She publish sam dictionary for ein native dialect, wey linguists hardly dey document. For dis purpose, she work for several years for de systematization of de familiar vocabulary den collects, plus de help of de few surviving speakers, new words, phrases, den place names from de area of dema forcibly-displaced birthplace.

For November 23, 2012 insyd, dem award Afanasyeva den Alexandra Antonova plus Sami Language Prize Gollegiella ("Golden Language") for Norwegian Parliament insyd Oslo. Dem present de award for December 19 at de Norwegian Consulate General insyd Murmansk. Na de rationale for de joint award of Afanasyeva den Antonova be dema leading role insyd de revitalization of de Kildin Sámi language as teacher, politician, writer den translator.

Afanasyeva dey live den work for Murmansk.

## Ein Selected works

* 1985 *Саамско-русский словарь*
* 1988 *Saamʼ kīll: razrabotki po saamskomu jazyku dlja natsjalʼnoj shkoly*
* 1990 *Metoditsjeskoje rukovodstvo po obutsjeniju saamskomu jazyku: primernyje pourotsjnyje razrabotki k utsjebniku saamskogo jazyka dlja I-go klassa*
* 1990, *Metoditsjeskoje rukovodstvo po obutsjeniju saamskomu jazyku: primernyje pourotsjnyje razrabotki k utsjebniku saamskogo jazyka dlja 2-ogo klassa*
* 1990, *Metoditsjeskoje rukovodstvo po obutsjeniju saamskomu jazyku v natsjal’noj shkole*
* 1990, *Saamskij jazyk v kartinah: utsjebnik po razvitiju retsji v 1-om klasse saamskoj shkoly*
* 1990, *Sam’ kill: utsjebnik saamskogo jazyka dlja 2-go klassa*
* 1991, *Pudz’jench: kniga dlja dopolnitel’nogo tsjtenija v saamskoj natsional’noj shkole*
* 1991, *Sam’ kill: utsjebnik saamskogo jazyka dlja 3-ogo klassa*
* 1991, *Soagknehk’: saamsko-russkij i russko-saamskij slovar’ dlja natsjal’noj shkoly*
* 1995, *Pravila orfografii i punktuacii saamskogo jazyka*
* 2000, "Hilferuf vom Rande des Eismeers", in: *Die Saami,* hrsg. von Wolf-Dieter Seiwert. Leipzig
* 2008, *Ла̄зер ка̄ллса моаййнас. Кырьха лӣ Е̄льцэ Нӣна*
* 2009, *Severnoe sijanie: saamskij jazyk v kartinkah*
* 2010, *Самь-рушш соарнънэгк*
* 2012, "Современное состояние саамского языка", in: *Коренные народы евро-арктического региона*

## Awards

* 2012, International Sami Language Award Gollegiella (togeda plus Aleksandra Andreevna Antonova)

## References


### Ein Bibliography

* Øverland, Indre & Berg-Nordlie, Mikkel. *Bridging de Divides: Ethno-Political Leadership among de Russian Sámi*. Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2012.
* Wolf-Dieter Seiwert (ed.) *Die Saami. Indigenes Volk am Anfang Europas.*. Leipzig: German-Russian Center, 2000. (insyd German)

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