Alekseev Andrey Anatolyevich,

Candidate of Sciences (Law), Associate Professor of Civil law and litigation Department, South Ural State University. 149 Kommuny Str., 454080 Chelyabinsk, Russia. E-mail: andrey2164@yandex.ru

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The work is dedicated to the procedure of serving a kind of alternative to the preliminary hearing, which, in spite of the many different points of view,  according to the author, should be cited as the «interview.» This study leads to the conclusion that the procedure of the court session and interview, with the exception of certain aspects, are almost identical. In addition, it is noted that in preparation for the consideration of civil cases interviewed and preliminary hearing may not always be optional, since the simultaneous failure of their conduct may violate the terms of the case.

preliminary hearing, interview, the civil law process, the preparation of the case for trial.