PROBATION WHEN PROBATION UNDER THE CRIMINAL CODE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
The article is devoted to the probationary period as an integral part of suspended sentence. The paper analyzes different points of view on issues of the concept, essence and legal significance of the probationary period, its minimum and maximum limits, according to its duration from the date appointed by the court of primary punishment. Besides, characteristics of the probationary period and its difference from the other terms in the Criminal code in the Russian Federation are singled out. The author presents the results of the study of sentences with the use of probation in criminal cases dealt with the courts of the city of Orenburg and Orenburg region in 2013-2014, and the courts of the Republic of Tatarstan in 2011-2014.