Criminal legal policy in the USSR post war

The article discusses the features of the development of criminal legislation in the period after the end of the Great Patriotic War (1945-1953). The relevant decrees of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, the Criminal Code of the RSFSR, archival materials, scientific works on the stated topic are analyzed. It is noted that, in general, the Soviet legislator retained the concept of criminal law policy based on a class basis, while the tendency to increase criminal penalties dominated. Measures were also taken to humanize punishments, which were influenced by public opinion, judicial practice and the consequences of the war.