In article research trends in the sphere of a Post-Soviet phenomenon judgment of sharp activation of new religious movements are considered. The main study directions for new religious movements in the Ukrainian historiography are presented in the works of E. Barker and V. Martinovich having studied this phenomenon. Traditionally in Ukraine, mainly five directions: confessional, anti-cult, academic, human rights and pro-cult, specifics of new religious movements in different research publications are reflected. Among the existing directions quantitatively prevails academic and ill-defined is an anti-cult direction. Author's researches in which studying a phenomenon of new religious movements is observed in several directions are marked out. In Ukraine researches on scope of the new religious movements were formed under the influence of communistic heritage and politicization of religion. In spite of the fact that Ukraine already quarter of the century develops rather independently, nevertheless, in studying a phenomenon of new religious movements in the academic environment full-fledged schools of sciences were not registered. Attempts of the pro-cult direction authors to issue the publications under the guise of scientific works which on contents belong more to cult apologetics, but not to scientific research, are presented.