Today, the Institute of State History hosted a scientific meeting with a researcher of complex historical processes that changed the face of Kazakh society in the 20-30s of the twentieth century, French historian, PhD Isabella Ohio. During the meeting, an exchange of views took place on the place and role of these processes in the formation of the identity of a new political and civil nation, the director of the Institute noted the establishment of new narratives in public discourse. He noted that the viability of the idea of a just Kazakhstan is combined with the modernization of the historical consciousness of the nation, as evidenced by the academic seven-volume development of the history of Kazakhstan. In turn, this study of new approaches in modern Western historiography will further deepen cooperation.