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The article substantiates the need to apply the structural and functional typology in the urban settlement classification of the Altai, Tuva and Khakassia Republics. This typology is based on highlighting the development degree of the urban functional structure in the region, the territorial content of their functions and their economic and geographical position, it takes into account the history of their origin and size as well. The paper shows influencing deindustrialization on the development of the Sayan-Altai urban settlements, their reprofilization and their functions transformation. These processes are particularly characteristic of the capitals of national republics (Abakan, Gorno-Altaisk and Kyzyl). Throughout the period under study, the monotowns with industrial and economic functions played an important role in the spatial settlement structure of urban settlements in the region due to their number, and negative impact on the entire intraregional urban system. The article considers monotowns with administrative and economic functions as a special type of settlements - such are urban villages in Tuva (Turan, Chadan and Shagonar). During their history, they faced problems of the poor quality of life related to the low level of able-bodied population’s employment, a small city-forming base, low investment attractiveness, insufficient level of developing sphere of the social and consumer service, underdevelopment of recreation areas, limited opportunities for self-realization of the youth. The specific feature of the region, and Siberia as a whole, is a significant role of urban villages in the urban settlement system. The author demonstrates how their role changed during the second half of the XX - early XXI centuries.