On April 10, 2014, the Department of Russian Philology of S. Toraighyrov Pavlodar State University held a session of the section in Conceptual Studies in Multicultural Space of Kazakhstan within the International Scientific Conference on Modern Linguistics and Mentality Research in the XXI Century.

This conference was dedicated to Vladimir Kolesov's 80th birthday. He is a Doctor of Philological Sciences, Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation, Member of the Humanitarian Academy, and Honorary Professor of St. Petersburg State University.

The aim of the event was to introduce the teaching staff and graduate students of the Department to new solutions of topical problems in the context of the anthropocentric paradigm in modern linguistics.

The event was organized by Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Russian Philology Zhanarsyn Kapenova.

The main distinctive feature of this Conference was parallel participation of our University with the universities of Russian cities and border regions - St. Petersburg, Kemerovo, Chelyabinsk, Volgograd, etc.

Such events contribute to the expansion of cooperation between the universities of Russia and Kazakhstan, the exchange of experiences and research results in the field of modern linguistics and development of the Russian language.