The most important task of modern education is the development of students' skills to successfully interact with representatives of other cultures, to effectively respond to requests, challenges and opportunities arising in intercultural situations. This article presents the formation of intercultural communication of foreign students by means of the Russian language and literature on the example of students of KSPU named after I. Creanga (Republic of Moldova), as well as on an overview of the process of teaching foreign students of MGIMO and the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia. As part of a comparative analysis of the results obtained at the initial and final stages, a quantitatively and qualitatively higher level of IQC was recorded among foreign students of the experimental group at the final, final stage of the study. It was found that specially created psychological and pedagogical conditions, representing the introduction of the model of the formation of intercultural competence into educational activities, significantly improved the result of the experimental group. This testifies to the effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed model. © 2021 JLLS and the Authors - Published by JLLS.