Development of criminal legislation on murder in the pre-revolutionary period

The article deals with the periods of development of criminal legislation on murder in the pre-revolutionary period. The author makes a conclusion that the concept of murder developed over the course of history, as well as the periodization of the development of the concept of murder in the Russian legislation of this period. In summing up, the results of this study, the author put forward the idea that the formation of the concept of murder in the pre-revolutionary period was a very important factor that influenced its further development and the development of criminal law in general.