In this article the authors reveal the basic cultural mechanisms that influence the formation of the tolerance strategy in Kazakh and Kazakhstan society, show its basic directions, as well as its importance for the modern Kazakhstan society and the formation of intercultural communication with foreign countries. Tolerance is a necessary element of intercultural communication; is the ability to understand the important thing not only in own, but in a different culture, to see value starts in the other, alien faith, to isolate the grounds that do not contradict the spiritual and moral values. The purpose of this article is to study cultural and philosophical place and role of the tolerance strategy in Kazakh culture, analyze the cultural mechanisms of Kazakh culture, which not only form the tolerance in Kazakh culture, but also implement it in society. The main methods used in this research are the structural-functional, institutional, and phenomenological approaches. The phenomenon of "tolerance" is defined as a human quality that is an integrative characteristic with a cognitive, emotional-evaluative, and behavioural component. The latter determines the active moral stance in interaction with people, regardless of their cultural or social setting, ethnic origin, religion, education, age, occupation or opinion.