History of the formation and development of the punishment system in Russian criminal law

The improvement of the existing system of criminal penalties is impossible without knowledge of the origins of its formation and the path of development, without relying on accumulated historical experience. A retrospective look at the system of criminal enforcement measures allows us to identify its age-old traditions and the underlying causes and trends of change. The purpose of the research is to study the national historical experience, the foundations of the formation and development of the Russian system of criminal enforcement measures. According to the results of the study, it was concluded that the development of the system of criminal penalties in Russia occurred in accordance with the development of society, reflected the existing socio-political formation, while there is a consistent humanization and focus on the creation of corrective and preventive measures, a gradual transition from a punitive role to an educational, corrective one.