Definition of urban culture mission in a modern city (as exemplified by the city district of Tolyatti of Samara region)

The study considers the modern vector of development of modern city culture. An attempt is made to define its mission exemplified by the foresight-session materials of “Togliatti Culture-2030: a New Dimension” organized on the base on the «Zhigulevskaya Dolina» Economic Cluster. According to the author, innovative ways and technologies of cultural development of the city are connected with the change in perception of the provincial industrial metropolis as a synthesis of a historical place and a creativity territory and are conditioned by the integration of innovative ideas into the sphere of cross-cultural communication.