The paper deals with convenient and fast methods for purification of monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) to carbohydrate antigens Le(y) and Le(d) from the cell culture and ascite fluid by ion-exchange chromatography on S-Sepharose and salt-promoted chromatography on a "thiophilic" adsorbent. One-step procedure on S-Sepharose of MAbs to Le(y) (IgG and IgM) provides significant purification (over 90% of contaminants were removed), while a purification factor for IgM to Le(d) is much lower. Highly purified IgM to Le(d) could be obtained by a two-step purification procedure including "thiophilic-adsorption" chromatography and gel-filtration (90-98% of contaminants from the cell culture and ascite fluid were removed). The preparations of IgG and IgM retain their initial antibody activity.