A method is developed for the analysis and classification of orthosilicates and their analogs M_x (TO₄) _y containing M cations and tetrahedral TO₄ anions. The method uses the concepts of coordination sequence and crystal structure `reduced' graphs and is optimized for orthostructures of any complexity. First, the suprapolyhedral level of crystal structure organization was studied, where T tetrahedra were considered as templates for condensing M polyhedra, constructing as a result T polyhedral microensembles. Using this methodology, the crystal structures of 54 orthosilicates and orthogermanates were analyzed within the first 12 coordination spheres of T nodes and were arranged into 21 topological types. The topological types were expanded with the analogs found within the orthostructures of phosphates, sulfates etc. T polyhedral microensembles were used for the topological classification of reconstruction mechanisms of thermal and baric phase transitions of orthosilicates.