Yakunin Vadim Nikolayevich, Ovsyannikov Valery Petrovich, Lepeshkina Larisa Yuryevna, Nikitina Natalia Viktorovna, Skornichenko Natalia Nikolaevna, Alexeyeva Natalia Dmitrievna, The Role of Traditional Culture in Formation of Historical Image of Agglomeration, International Business Management, Volume 10,Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1375-1381, ISSN 1993-5250, ibm.2016.1375.1381, (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ibm.2016.1375.1381) Abstract: The study indicates the prerequisites of formation of a new type of agglomeration. It was proposed and proved the thesis that the amount of locally-regional group values can make an image of the agglomeration which at a certain level of self-organization and harmony in the socio-cultural system can be the vector of a new type of agglomeration development. Offered research method allows introducing into scientific circulation previously underutilized sources-precedent forms of culture. As an illustration, a brief characterization is given and some precedent forms of life cycle rituals are analyzed: a national suit, confessional architecture, miraculous sources which are a part of the image of Zhigulevsk agglomeration and reflect the value system of the peoples of the Middle Volga Region. Keywords: Historical image of agglomerations;Zhigulevsk agglomeration;the Middle Volga Region;the Middle Volga Region;miraculous sources of the Samara eparchy;an image of the small homeland;ceremonies of the life cycle of the peoples of the Middle Volga Region;national suits of the Middle Volga Region