  The paper describes experiments with the SND detector at VEPP-2M collider,
carried out during the period from October 1995 until June 1997. The total
integrated luminosity of 6.4 pb^{-1} was collected in the energy range
2E=0.4-1.4 GeV (MHAD97 experiment), corresponding to 4*10^5 mu^+ mu^- pairs
produced. Preliminary results of the 1996 phi-meson experiment (FI96) are
presented. The total number of phi-mesons produced is 4*10^6. New data on rare
decays of phi and eta (550) mesons, in particular
  B(phi -> eta gamma) = (1.30+-0.06+-0.07)%,
  B(phi -> pi^0 pi^0 gamma) = (1.1+-0.2)*10^{-4}, (M_{pi^0 pi^0} > 800 MeV),
  B(phi -> f^0 gamma) = (4.7+-1.0)*10^{-4},
  B(phi -> eta pi^0 gamma) = (1.3+-0.5)*10^{-4},
  B(phi -> eta' gamma) < 1.7*10^{-4},
  B(phi -> 2 pi^0 ) < 6*10^{-4} were obtained.
