title: Russia's "soft power" policy towards Kazakhstan in the research field on Central Asia
abstract: An important component of bilateral Kazakh-Russian relations is the cultural, humanitarian and educational sphere. In foreign policy, these directions are traditionally classified as "soft power". In this sense, the research question aimed at considering one of the modern trends of Russia's "soft power" in relation to neighboring countries and its interpretation in the studies of scientists is relevant. The authors consider some of the views of the academic community on Russian “soft power” with
journal: BULLETIN of the L N GUMILYOV EURASIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY POLITICAL SCIENCE REGIONAL STUDIES ORIENTAL STUDIES TURKOLOGY Series