ON THE PROBLEM OF THE CRIMINAL POLICY OF THE PRE-REVOLUTIONARY RUSSIAN STATE

Abstract

The article examines the objective and subjective factors that determined the criminal
policy of the pre-revolutionary Russian State, describes the main stages of this policy
and the specific legal forms of its expression, stresses the importance of studying the
problem in question. 

Any problem acquires a political character if its solution is directly or indirectly
connected with class interests, the problem of power. It is the needs of classes that determine
the content of political interests. The social cause of politics, political actions, in the
final analysis, is geopolitical interests. At its core, the independence of politics leads to
positive results if it does not fundamentally contradict the economic conditions. These
provisions have methodological significance, contributing to a correct understanding of
common problems, disclosure of the objective content of the state's activities, which is
the essence of its policy in this or that sphere of public life. This formulation of the question
has a direct bearing on the characterization of the criminal policy of the Russian
state.