Upon coming to power, the Communist Party of Yugoslavia started introducing changes and promoting communist ideologies in all parts of life. A special place was reserved for cultural politics, in internal and international affairs, which transformed it into a political means. On the outside it became a sign of democratization and liberalization, but within the state it had a cohesive and advertising role, which is one of the factors that brought the Communist Party to power. The importance of culture for the Communist Party is indicated by various approaches to solving cultural issues and implementing policies. The state defined the cultural trends by taking control over all cultural and aristic events through Agitprop and mass organizations, as well as federal, republican and local authorities. Local government was assumed by people's commitees as new adiminstrative and territorial units, and the People's Commitee of the City of Zagreb was responsible for Zagreb. Among other things, it addressed the issues of culture, especially after the introduction of self-government and the establishment of the Counsel for education and culture of the People's Commitee of the City of Zagreb. During its activity from 1945 to 1963, the People's Commitee of the City of Zagreb dealt with different cultural issues and contributed to the development of the city's culture. It looked after a number of great cultural institutions and used different mechanisms to steer their endeavours.