We discuss the need for a deliberate forming in the conditions of the modern world the readiness to interact with educational space subjects of other ethnicities in future teachers. The results of empirical research carried out on a sample of students of teaching and non-teaching areas and specialties who study at the Federal State Public Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education “Ural State Pedagogical University” (n = 60 students, aged from 18 to 23 years) using the diagnostic tools: E. Bogardus’s social distance scale, G. U.
