Historical and pedagogical science as the basis of the formation and construction of biografistics

The article deals with the educational and pedagogical background of pedagogical biography. The emphasis is placed on the scientific discourse of determining its main components and aspects. Two stages of the development of historical and pedagogical science in Ukraine were distinguished, when the formation of its foundations took place. The focus is on the emergence of favorable conditions for the emergence of pedagogical biography in the last third of the nineteenth - early twentieth century. It was emphasized that under difficult, contradictory socio-political and scientific conditions, the generation of Ukrainian pedagogical thought was formed. It is noted that the development of national biography, education and pedagogy was affected by the geopolitical delimitation of the ethnic territories of Ukraine. Two aspects are identified that outline important trends in the development of pedagogical biography.