The collection explores the peculiarities of the development of the literary process in Siberia and the work of individual Siberian writers. On the material of the works of K. Ryleev, N. Astyrev, a number of Soviet writers of Siberia from the 1920s to the present, the nature of the conflict, the hero, the problems of specific prose works are considered - mainly in the light of understanding the general laws of the genre (evolution of a story, story, novel). The book is designed for literary scholars.