HISTORY OF CREATING THE CHUVASH BRANCH OF THE USSR GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
The 50<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the USSR Geographical society branch in Chuvashia is an important milestone in the development of modern Republican branch of the Russian geographical society. The purpose of the study is to analyse the first archival documents introduced for scientific use, covering the process of creating the branch, the task of creating a scientific periodization of the start-up phase of the branch, identifying the major problems that emerged in the way of its organization. In addition to methods of source study analysis, the methodological basis of the work was made by a comparative-historical method, making it possible to get on the path of classification process in drawing up profiles of the history of the organization. Based on studying original sources, the authors of the article came to the key conclusion on establishment in the first period of the branch’s functioning its personnel organizational, functional, material and administrative foundation.