European Journal of Science and Theology, December 2014, Vol.10, No.6, 89-98 _______________________________________________________________________ TOLERANCE IN CONTEMPORARY KAZAKHSTAN SOCIOCULTURAL SPACE Saltanat Sovetovna Aubakirova 1* , Zukhra Nurlanovna Ismagambetova 1 , Aliya Gairatovna Karabayeva 1 and Gaukhar Galymovna Akhmetova 2 1 Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, al-Farabi Avenue 71, Almaty, 050040, Kazakhstan 2 Toraighyrov Pavlodar State University, Lomova Street 64, Pavlodar, 140000, Kazakhstan (Received 3 October 2014, revised 10 October 2014) Abstract The given article considers the issue of tolerance as the element of culture. The authors consider tolerance as spiritual-life principle of each person, as spiritual-moral quality that is significant for keeping stability in Kazakhstan society. Spirituality as a system- forming base of human existence is the source of confirming culture as a form and way of country‟s people self-realization. The authors pay attention to the fact that an educational process in this direction must develop on the basis of those main values which reflect historical-cultural and spiritual-moral traditions of Kazakhstan population. Keywords: personality, gobalisation, upbringing, interethnic relationships, morality 1. Introduction Modern world is a complex system in which various nations are interrelated, interconnect with each other and differ with their unique culture, outlook and social behaviour. World of culture is one of the difficult nature manifestation. World of culture is the world of people in which its inhabitants are simultaneously both the citizens of concrete state and residents of concrete country and representatives of definite ethnic community, religious confession, political party and labour collective. The issue of tolerance formation is one of the key issues in modern world. The issue is especially acute and solved at different levels in many countries. The concept of „tolerance‟ was formed for many centuries and still goes on. Betty A. Reardon wrote that “tolerance is the value which is necessary and fundamental to realize human rights and achieve the peace” [1]. Modern world is characterized by the expansion of sociocultural space, the increase in cultural diversity, the intensification of intercultural communication between representatives of different cultures. The presence of social and cultural heterogeneity of society is the basis of interethnic, * E-mail: aubakur@mail.ru