DISCOVERY OF EXPLANATIONS AS A MEANS OF PROOF IN A STAGE OF EXCITATION OF CRIMINAL COSE In the article the questions of evidentiary value of the explanations received when scanning the message about the crime. <...> The changes introduced by the Federal law from March 4, 2013, 23. <...> K e y w o r d s: explanations, evidentiary, discovery of explanation, ma er of proof, criminal liability. <...> ПРАВОВАЯ НАУКА И РЕФОРМА ЮРИДИЧЕСКОГО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ. 2013. № 3 (26) 171 УГОЛОВНОЕ ПРАВО. <...>