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The article deals with the peculiarities of historiography research of organizational and pedagogical bases of activity of the chemical and biological departments of Minor Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. The author proposes periodization of historiographical analysis of the investigated problem (I period (early 60’s late 80th century) soviet (totalitarian), the second period (late 80’s 2015) postsoviet-(pluralistic). The main directions of activity of the chemical and biological departments of Minor Academy of Sciences of Ukraine are characterized. In the article the author analyzes monographs, dissertations, generalizing and educational literature, archival sources on the problem of activity of the chemical and biological departments of Minor Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Scientific research of problems during the first period had representational, mainly descriptive, and informational character. They were represented by single works of methodological nature devoted to particular aspects of the organization of extracurricular work with subjects of chemical and biological cycle, depth study of chemistry and biology, organization of problem training at the lessons of chemical and biological cycle. In the analysis of research papers the author concludes that there is lack of a coherent, integrated and systemic historical and educational research on the problem under investigation. The author gives examples of sources where the problem of activity of chemical and biological departments is considered not fully. The second period is characterized by the appearance of the first works which contained generalized experience of the activities of Minor Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the appearance of the first dissertations on the problems of activities of MAS of Ukraine. The author analyzes the main dissertations of Ukrainian and Russian scientists on the activities of Minor Academy of Sciences and scientific societies of pupils, as well as basic educational literature on the research problem. In conclusion, the author classifies documentary and archival sources into three groups: 1) regulatory documents; 2) record keeping records; 3) representation source.