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Let \(x=\Delta_{\alpha_1\ldots\alpha_{k}\ldots}\) be the \(Q\)-representation of a number \(x\in[0,1],\) that is \[ x=\Delta_{\alpha_1\ldots\alpha_{k}\ldots}= a_{\alpha_1(x)}+\sum_{k=2}^{\infty} \Biggl[a_{\alpha_{k}(x)}\prod_{j=1}^{k-1} q_{\alpha_{j}(x)}\Biggr], \] where \(0<q_{i}\in Q=\{ q_0,\ldots,q_{n-1}\}\), \(n\geq 2\), is a fixed natural number, \(\sum_{i=0}^{n-1} q_{i}=1\), \(a_0=0\), \(a_{k}=\sum_{i=0}^{k-1} q_{i}\), \(N_{n-1}^0=\{ 0,1,\ldots,n-1\} \ni \alpha_{k}=\alpha_{k}(x)\) is \(k\)th \(Q\)-mark of \(x.\) The author considers a random variable \(\xi=\xi(\|p_{ik}\|) =\Delta_{\eta_1\ldots\eta_{k}\ldots}\), such that \(Q\)-marks \(\eta_{k}\) form a Markov chain with initial probabilities \(p_0,p_1,\ldots,p_{n-1}\) (\(p_{i}>0\)) and with a matrix of transitive probabilities \(\|p_{ik}\|\) \((p_{ik}\geq 0)\), \(i,k\in N_{n-1}^0.\) The author investigates the structure of the distribution of \(\xi\) and the fractal properties of the spectrum of the distribution of \(\xi.\) For example, the following assertion is proved. The distribution of a random variable \(\xi\) is a singular distribution of Cantor type if and only if it is continuous and the matrix of transitive probabilities contains at least one zero.