Humanities & Social Sciences 9 (2016 9) 2022-2043 ~ ~ ~ УДК 398.21 Dolgan Children’s Literature: History and Specific Features Ksenia V. Reznikova* and Yulia S. Zamaraeva Siberian Federal University 79 Svobodny, Krasnoyarsk, 660041, Russia Received 30.01.2016, received in revised form 29.03.2016, accepted 09.06.2016 This article is devoted to the analysis of the narrative material and structure of Dolgan fairytales. <...> The authors believe that northern folklore is not only a part of the authentic oral tradition of indigenous peoples, but also an important component in the ethnic identity formation. <...> In this regard, the study of storylines will allow to understand the peculiarities of the northern culture of the Dolgan people, reveal the structure and arrangement of the world constructed in the fairytales. <...> Keywords: folklore of the northern peoples, Dolgan children’s literature, Dolgan fairytales, worldview. <...> The study is carried out within the project “Creating a Corpus of Texts for Children in Their Native Languages (Evenki, Nenets, Nganasan and Dolgan) as a Way to Preserve the Unique Cultural Heritage of Indigenous Small Numbered Peoples of the Krasnoyarsk Territory”, supported by the Krasnoyarsk Regional Science Foundation. <...> Introduction: (Statement of the Problem, Relevance, Purpose, Objectives) The relevance of this research is manifested through the programme “Pedagogy of the North”, which is being implemented in the modern preschool and school leaning environment of the indigenous small numbered peoples of the North. <...> The scientists of the programme believe that fairy folklore is an integral part of the ethnic system of upbringing and education, as fairytales are folklore heritage and should be preserved © Siberian Federal University. <...> However, the folklore of the northern peoples is still a little-known area, and in this regard there is a necessity to understand peculiarities and specific features of the genre of folk fairytale. <...> The storylines of fifteen folk Dolgan fairytales (“The War Between the Partridges and the Pikes”, “The Old Fisherman and the Raven”, “The Meeting of Two Brothers”, “About the Glorious Hero Khomus-Bogatyr”, “Where Different Peoples Came From”, “How Jackdaws Appeared”, “The Dawn”, “The Young Ksenia V. Reznikova and Yulia S. Zamaraeva. <...> Dolgan Children’s Literature: History and Specific Features Tsar and the Daughter of a Peasant”, “The Raven and the Swan”, “The Enterprising Poor Man”, “Why the Fox is Red”, “The Legacy of the Shaman”, “Tsar Eksekiu”, “The Tale of the Tsar of Birds Eksekiu <...>