Principal researchers

• Jurij Kusmenko, Humboldt University Berlin
  Scandinavian linguistics
• Michael Rießler, Humboldt University Berlin (later University of Freiburg)
  Sámi documentary linguistics

Nina Afanasyeva and Jurij Kusmenko (from left) during elicitation in Murmansk (March 2006; Foto: Michael Rießler)

Aleksandra Antonova and Michael Rießler (from left) during elicitation in Lovozero (April 2008, Foto: Elena Karvovskaya)

Research assistants

• Elisabeth Scheller, Humboldt University Berlin (later Universities of Umeå and Tromsø)
  PhD project on Sámi language sociology (ongoing at University of Tromsø)
• Kristina Kotcheva, Humboldt University Berlin (later Universities of Freiburg and Konstanz)
  Scandinavian linguistics

Elisabeth Scheller working at the field office in Lovozero (November 2005; Foto: Michael Rießler)

Transcribing at the field office in Lovozero; Anastasiya Mozolevskaya, Nadezhda Zolotuhina, Elisabeth Scheller (from left; February 2006, Foto: Michael Rießler)

Consultants on regular payroll

• Nadezhda Zolotuhina, Lovozero
• Svetlana Danilova, Lovozero
• Nina Sharshina, Lovozero
• Ganna Vinogradova, Lovozero

Nadezhda Zolotuhina teaching Kildin Sámi in Lovozero (November 2005, Foto: Michael Rießler)

Student assistents

• Joshua Wilbur, Leipzig (later Berlin, Kiel, Tromsø and Freiburg)

  M.A. project on syllable structure (finished 2007 at University of Leipzig)

• Evgenya Zhivotova, Leipzig

  M.A. project on verb morphology (finished 2010 at University of Leipzig)

• Elena Karvovskaya, Potsdam
  B.Sc. project on focus particles (finished 2010 at University of Potsdam)
• Anja Behnke, Berlin

  M.A. project on noun phrase structure (finished 2011 at Humboldt University Berlin)

• Anna Afanasyeva, Murmansk (later Tromsø and Kirkenes)

  M.A. project on Sámi history (finished 2012 at University of Tromsø)

• Andrey Dubovcev, Murmansk (later Budapest)

Andrey Dubovcev and Anna Afanasyeva (from left) being interviewed after a public lecture on Kola Sámi language revitalization in Murmansk (December 2006, Foto: Michael Rießler)

The project was also possible thanks to assistance from:

• Nina Afanasyeva, Murmansk
• Aleksandra Antonova, Lovozero
• Anastasiya Mozolevskaya, Lovozero
• Alexander Yurjev, Lovozero
• Mirko Tietgen, Berlin
• Lena Terhart, Berlin
• Inga Zirkova, Leipzig
• Anna Sagerer, Berlin
• Anne-Christin Jyrch, Berlin

Nina Afanasyeva teaching Kildin Sámi at the Departement for Northern European Studies in Berlin; also on the picture Lena Terhardt (first from right) and Joshua Wilbur (forth from right; May 2007, Foto Michael Rießler)