Tatyana Kozlovskaya

The article is devoted to the development of architectural features of young industrial cities in the Soviet period (the example of Togliatti, Kuibyshev region). The author singles out the historical preconditions for forming the appearance of a young city on the Volga, reveals the assessments of contemporaries. A special place in the article is devoted to the work of construction organizations engaged in the construction of the housing stock of the city.

The article deals with the formation and development of student's amateur theater groups Togliatti Polytech-nic Institute in the period from 1969 to 1980. Special attention is paid review of the activities of these crea-tive teams as "Mirror", "Ordinary Miracle". In the study is based on the publication of different years of the newspaper "Polytechnic".

The article is devoted to development of «new towns» culture on the example of the Togliatti city during the period from 1990-es to 2010-es. The author reveals the changes in the activities of cultural institutions, such as implementation of the project method of work, attraction of additional sources of funding, including funds of charitable funds.