Criminal liability for illegal hunting committed with the use of vehicles in the history of Russian legislation

Introduction: the article reveals the basics of the development of hunting as one of the types of human activity, the historical stages of the formation of prohibitions and rules for its implementation from the period of Ancient Russia to the present, criminal liability for their violation by using various types of transport as a means of committing a crime. The concept of transportation of illegally obtained animals and hunting products is revealed. The types and sizes of punishments for the commission of these crimes at all stages of the development of legislation in the field of environmental protection and nature management are considered. Materials and methods: the normative basis of the study is the legislation of Russia in the period from Ancient Russia to the present time on liability for illegal hunting committed with the use of vehicles. The methodological basis of the research was the general dialectical method of scientific cognition, which has a universal character, as well as methods of logical deduction, induction, cognitive methods and techniques of observation, comparison, analysis, generalization and description. The results of the study: the analysis of data on the genesis of Russian legislation with regard to responsibility for illegal hunting committed with the use of vehicles, the discovery of the prerequisites for the formation and development of criminal law, helped to determine that for centuries the preservation of wildlife and their habitat was one of the fundamental, dominant activities of the state. Findings and Conclusions: the conducted research made it possible to establish norms that contributed to the formation of modern legislation on liability for illegal hunting committed with the use of vehicles. The study also made it possible to conclude about the strategic goal of state policy, its main course, expressed in the conservation of the environment, the preservation of biological diversity of natural resources for future generations.