Abstract
The article examines the prospect of the formation of the Kazakhstani civil nation as a consequence of the process of implementing state programs in the field of interethnic relations, strategic planning of these processes in the context of the modernization of the public consciousness of Kazakhstani society. As the historical experience of the formation of nations shows, spiritual modernization actively influences the processes of changing the national consciousness of peoples. In this regard, the authors consider such aspects of the formation of national identity as national history, the idea of social harmony and peace as interrelated necessary foundations of modernization processes. Accordingly, on this basis it is necessary to form a national identity based on the principle of citizenship, which should be a consolidating moment for representatives of all ethnic groups and confessions. Therefore, the main thing from the point of view of the tasks set in the article is the study of the main directions of state policy in the field of the formation of a single nation, which is assumed to be one of the consequences of the spiritual revival of Kazakhstani society.