Literature of the peoples of the north: a view of Russian literature critics (on example of creative work by Eremei Aipine)

This paper observes studies of russian literary experts in literature, folklore and culture of minorities peoples of the North. Article presence review of work of russian scientists about creative work of the Khanty writer Eremei Aipine in comparative aspect. Among literary researchers R. Bikmuhametov, A. Poshataeva, I. Smolnikov, D. Romanenko are marked, as well as A. Omelchuk, A. Mishchenko, G. Sazonov, V. Rogatchyov's Tyumen critics, etc., who devoted their works to judgement of northern creative work. There is historical - typological analysis of critical research of 1970 - 1990 concerning the prose of the Khanty writer. Special attention of criticism give a specific character of national thinking of the author, his vision of a national picture of the world, and as to genre and style features of his works.