Purpose: Dynamics of development and priority research areas in the field of Soviet science were viewed with the aim of elucidating scientific knowledge genesis of physical education and sport origin in Ukraine. Material: Problematic of the research is revealed in the following periodization: (1939-1965 years) (1966-1990 years). 232 abstracts of essays on physical education and sport origin of the Soviet scientists were analyzed. Results: Nihilism of the Soviet scientists on the physical education and sport origin in the pre-Soviet period of Ukrainian and other ethnic groups who lived on the territories annexed to the USSR in 1939, 1940 and 1945 years is observed. We note the lack of working out of the problem of physical education and sport origin in the Soviet period, within the territory of the USSR. Conclusions: In the Soviet period, the science genesis of physical education and sport origin in Ukraine is characterized as a stage of scientific knowledge formation.