APPOINTMENT OF SOFTER PUNISHMENT, THAN THAT PROVIDED FOR THE CRIME (HISTORIC-LEGAL ASPECT) Fargiev Ibragim Ayubovich, Dr of law, Professor. <...> Place of employment: Supreme court of the Republic of Ingushetia. <...> E-mail: fargiev@yandex.ru Annotation: The article discusses the historical and legal aspects of appointment of punishment below the lowest limit, than required by law. <...> The author has made an analysis of the criminal law, court practice and legal literature since the late nineteenth and mid-twentieth centuries. <...> В статье рассматривается историке -правовой аспект назначения наказания ниже низшего предела, чем предусмотрено законом. <...> Автор сделал анализ уголовного закона, судебной практики и юридической литературы начиная с конца XIX и середины XX веков! <...>