The article describes the practice of interaction of the guides with a comprehensive tour that includes a trace component where attention is paid to familiarity with the road leading to the village of Dubovyy Umet for the scheduled visit of the exhibition of the local history Museum. A. V. Oskina of the Volga district of the Samara region.

The article examines the experience of passive, active and transforming social practices in the youth tour "Volzhsky sail 'bureau to provide students opportunities for the manifestation of social activity.

The article presents the practical experience of organization of educational process of training students in the field of Socio-cultural activities; shows the results of all ongoing faculty work and indicated a demand for graduates of the direction of Socio-cultural activities.

The article considers the problem of implementing a holistic approach in the organization of the educational process in the University culture for students in the areas of training Socio-cultural activities; describes issues related to the integrity of the pedagogical process and formation of the whole person of the student subject to the requirements of employers and society.

The article describes the features of the game sweet holiday deals holiday-game methods of implementation of the "human player"; clarifies the concept of game culture; the principles of the festive-game communications; shows the importance of Dialogic communication in the process of play leisure among the participants of the festive event.

The article considers the problem of realization of socio-cultural design based on the culture of the Japanese garden presents a theoretical study of the project and its practical realization in the sociocultural space with respect to goals and tasks; the designated importance of the creative performance of the creative product – the Japanese garden.

The article, based on the specifics of communication in institutions of club type, the basic structure of the components of the process of preparation of mass socio-cultural programs: content, purpose, objectives, means, forms and methods, the result of social and cultural communication in a club-type facilities.

The article considers the theoretical foundations and practice of realization of communicative-activity approach when working with children with disabilities in socio-cultural activities.

. This paper shows the city as a complex sotsialny object comprehensive study of various sciences: philosophy, sociology, cultural and others. Particular attention is given to the consideration of certain issues of social and cultural influence on the formation of the modern city dweller. It is also noted that the socio-cultural component is a social consciousness as consciousness of social and psychological, people, united space, historically and economically organized. Sociality townspeople formed, transmitted from generation to generation by means of the social and cultural institutions (legal, religious, educational, recreational and other).

The article deals with the problems of teaching the history of the Fatherland of the course of the late XIX – early XX centuries. Broad involvement of historical sources for classes in student groups, contributes to the accumulation of knowledge and the care of some of the existing historical clichés and stereotypes. In particular, the study of documents on the history of local government contested this period many historians presentation of the "reactionary" Russian autocracy policy, and suggests a need for integration of the Zemstvos in the public institutions.

The article is devoted to the wedding ritual as social and cultural practices of society. Traditional wedding is considered as the resource of the modern wedding ceremony. Wedding are analyzed from the point of view of the bearers of cultural values and meanings. The author pays attention to such key concepts as wedding ceremony, traditions, innovations and needs of the people.

The article is devoted to stories and images of traditional culture in the space of modernity. Discusses the influence of folklore traditions on the nature of modern culture. These are the techniques of using images of traditional folk culture in modern life.