The collaboration forms between communities and institutions of culture and art. Key words: community, culture, social-cultural work, national minority. In the process of forming democratic and public policy of nation it is extremely important that every member of it completely would feel himself the part of the society. National minorities and their cultural self-expressions, that perform both the role of spiritual movement and strengthening national identity, are analyzed in this work. This work is based on the research of collaboration between national minorities and both culture and art institutions (66 Karaiten, Tartaren, Jews and Romany minorities’ persons were polled). The date of the research illustrates the cultural and social situation of national minorities, the spiritual demands of community members, qualities and weaknesses of their cultural life. Also the importance of this cooperation to the individuals and all the ethnic communities is emphasized as well as that essential changes in the process of cultural and spiritual live determine participation of the numbers of community in the cultural activities. The results of the research show how creative work in the community and cultural institutions stimulate the integration of national minorities, the internal socialization inside the community and emphasize the gaps and perspectives of the cultural cooperation. Hopefully, that members’ spiritual experience of communities will enrich the life of the community... [to full text]