In October 2017, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Head of the Department of History of the Fatherland of AltSTU Nikulina I.N. was in Poland to work on the project of the Polish-Russian Center for Dialogue and Consent «Poles in the cultural and social development of the Altai XIX-early XX centuries."
During the project implementation, speeches were delivered with scientific reports on the history and culture of the Poles in the Altai region in the 19th and early 20th centuries. at the University of N. Copernicus, Wroclaw University. At meetings with representatives of the University of N. Copernicus, the University of Wroclaw and Czestochowa Polytechnics, issues of further scientific and educational cooperation were discussed.