Humanities & Social Sciences 9 (2016 9) 1977-1993 ~ ~ ~ УДК 398.21 The Children’s Literature of Indigenous Small-Numbered Peoples of the Krasnoyarsk Krai Natalia M. Libakova and Kseniia I. Petrova* Siberian Federal University 79 Svobodny, Krasnoyarsk, 660041, Russia Received 16.03.2016, received in revised form 21.06.2016, accepted 18.08.2016 The article deals with the analysis of fairy tales as the basic form of the children’s literature of indigenous small-numbered peoples of the Krasnoyarsk Krai. <...> The fairy tale is considered as a specific prosaic type of folklore, which focuses on preservation and translation of the unique values of some or another culture as well as on the generation ties maintenance. <...> Through the method of content analysis done for the Evenk, Nganasan, Nenets and Ket tales, the authors characterize the world view peculiar to the culture of each of these peoples and define their family models. <...> To the family model a particular attention is given, since namely the family represents a primary space for the personal formation, development of their ethnic identity and system of values. <...> Moreover, the fairy tale is considered as an especial form, which gives an opportunity to protect the uniqueness of indigenous small-numbered peoples living in the Krasnoyarsk Krai in the context of globalization, and harmoniously balance the values of traditional culture and modern achievement of the civilization. <...> Keywords: children’s literature, fairy tale, indigenous small-numbered peoples, the Krasnoyarsk Krai, the North, world view, family model, content analysis. <...> This work has been done under the grant research by Kranoyarsk Regional Support Fund for Scientific and S&T Activities, with the theme “Corpora formation of the original texts for children (written in the Evenk, Nenets, Nganasan and Dolgan languages) as the way to preserve the unique cultural heritage of indigenous small-numbered peoples of the Krasnoyarsk Krai. <...> Nowadays indigenous small-numbered peoples of the Krasnoyarsk Krai represent a subject for many social, psychological, medical, cultural and other researches some way or another aimed at maintaining the number of population, their unique culture in terms of an increased cross-cultural interaction when values of the © Siberian Federal University. <...> In this context, it is relevant to solve the problems of how, given all the civilization’s achievements which, indeed, raise the living standards for indigenous people living in severe natural condition <...>