Problems of methodology of personalistics research in history and life, work of Akseleu Seidimbek

At the present stage, methodological problems of study are one of the traditional and most fundamental prob-lems in historical science. In the conditions of global civilization, it not only does not lose its significance, but, on the contrary, acquires special relevance. In this regard, in this article, the authors highlight and charac-terize the methodological approaches to the study of historical personalities. The article examines the meth-odological foundations, specificity and scope of application of the biographical research method. The authors characterize the main features of biographical studies, their significance, the advantages of using the biog-raphy genre for historical knowledge. This article also examines the life and work of Akseleu Seidimbek — a native of the Karaganda region, an ethnographer, a researcher of the Kazakh kuy — art.