The problems of the research devoted to the nomad’s elite in the native historiography during the formation of the Soviet historical science and nomadology are considered in the article. The study analyzes formation and approbation of the scientific approaches to the research of the social and political organization and different researcher’s interpretations of the authoritative relations in the society of the Central Asia nomads at the late antiquity period. The basic theoretical foundation for further research of the mentioned above problem have been formulated.

Key words: historiography, social organization, nomad’s elite, Central Asia, funeral monuments, late antiquity.