History of legal regulation of serving sentences by juvenile convicts in Russia until 1917

Purpose: To examine the system of correctional institutions for minors in Russia. Methodology: Historical and legalistic methods were used by the author. Results: The emergence of legal norms on the conditions of serving the sentence of juvenile offenders is associated with the reforms carried out by Catherine II. At this stage, there were two modes of serving the sentence: prisons and educational shelters. All legislative norms were implemented with violations, but in general, legislative norms and ideas of the late XIX - early XX century became the basis for criminal law policy in relation to minors in the future. Novelty/originality/value: The paper has a high scientific value, as it is one of the first attempts to analyze the history of the legal regulation of serving sentences by minors convicted in Russia before 1917.