New Functions and Types of the Siberian Cities Squares (the end of the XX <sup>th</sup> - beginning of the XXI <sup>th</sup>)
The article traces the formation of the new functions and types of areas at the turn of the twenty-first century. The objects of the research are urban development and planning framework, that is an architectural ensemble of the square of the Siberian cities of Tomsk, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk, Omsk, Biisk, Barnaul. The author reveals the laws of chamber space, isolated from urban transport, notes their artistic value, and also analyzes the impact of regional characteristics on the formation of the Siberian city.