Abstract: The subject of this research is the modern Russian cultural policy and its effect upon the local and regional identities, including those associated with the municipal social space. In the conditions of processes of globalization, the theory and practice of socioeconomic relations in the modern world demonstrates that a key role in the development of states and intergovernmental unions today and in the nearest future belongs to the cities. Cultural policy, its trends, significant events, as well as basic processes will take place within the urbanized space, which due to this fact causes a certain interests among researchers. The main conclusion of the conducted research consists in substantiation of a thesis that the cultural policy forms a particular symbolic space of a city that in case of a success of such policy allows forming and expanding the specific local identities, which from the economic perspective are able to attract investments into the city, as well as encourage the increase in the quality of life of the population.

Abstract: The subject under research is the theoretical and conceptual bases of modern cultural policy. There is an active discussion in the academic and expert environment about what should be understood as cultural policy and what role of the modern state in management of basic cultural practicians. Understanding of culture as idealoobrazuyushchy activity of people the practician allows to determine cultural policy by preservation, creation, broadcast of basic ideals of culture as system social. The branch logic of modern state cultural policy conflicts to an objective cultural genesis in which center there are subjects who create, keep and broadcast real ideals of modern Russian culture. The main methodological approach - the critical analysis of expert opinions, scientific concepts, analytical statements of recognized researchers of cultural policy. The categorial and conceptual analysis of culture and cultural policy is applied. Application of logical procedures allowed to record a real contradiction in modern Russian cultural policy. Scientific novelty of research is connected with formation of author's understanding of cultural policy and definition of an essence of cultural policy through system basic social the practician. Transition from branch logic of formation of cultural policy to allocation of the most effective the practician of an idealoobrazovaniye, demanded in modern processes of formation of the Russian national cultural identity is offered.