The first book in the Russian Sámi languages is a translation of the Gospel of Matthew by Finnish poet and linguist Arvid Genetz. The expansive title read Max'tveest Пas'-Evangeli Samas. Evangelìe ot" Matḟeja (na russko-loparskom" jazykě) Махьтвеест Пась-Евангели Самас. Евангеліе отъ Матѳея (на русско-лопарскомъ языкѣ) and was published in Helsinki in 1878. The first 22 chapters are written in Kildin Sámi and the last six in Akkala Sámi.
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Genetz, A. (1878). Max'tveest Пas'-Evangeli Samas. Evangelìe ot" Matḟeja (na russko-loparskom" jazykě) Махьтвеест Пась-Евангели Самас. Евангеліе отъ Матѳея (на русско-лопарскомъ языкѣ) [Gospel of Matthew]. Helsinki.