THE EVOLUTION OF THE SYSTEM OF PUNISHMENT IS THE REVOLUTIONARY MODEL, PRESENTED IN THE GUIDINGPRINCIPLES ON CRIMINAL LAW OF THE RSFSR 1919
The article is devoted to the analysis of the system of punishments contained in the first Soviet codified legislative act in the field of criminal law - the Guiding Principles on Criminal Law of the RSFSR of 1919, which served as the regulatory framework for the subsequent Criminal Codes of the Soviet era, as well as the modern Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. It is noted that the Guidelines presented a different approach to the construction of the punishment system (while preserving a certain continuity), different from all sources of law, the principles of which were applied in the relevant legislative activities in subsequent periods. As a result of the study, the authors conclude that the Governing Principles on the Criminal Law of the RSFSR laid the normative basis for constructing the “ladder” of punishments and, to some extent, securing the content of the latter in the current legislation.