The theme of the emergence and formation of Ukrainian generic and personal heraldry at an early stage in the future remains a "white spot" in Ukrainian historiography. Therefore, it is not surprising that in many modern publications this issue is considered within the framework of the schemes proposed by Polish researchers in the late XIX - early XX centuries, some of which tried to interpret Russian (Ukrainian) heraldry as a "daughter" or "younger sister" of Polish. In turn, this led to speculation that, they say, the bulk of the Russian gentry was alien, non-local, although it was difficult to interpret from what miracle it suddenly "crumbled" so quickly in its culture and tradition. The work of Oleg Odnorozhenko offers a new look at this problem.