INSTITUTE OF PARTICIPATION IN THE LEGISLATION OF RUSSIA IN THE X-XVII CENTURIES
Studying the history of Russian legislation is of significant interest, since historical and legal research makes it possible to clarify the legal nature of criminal law institutions, to understand trends and prospects for their development. This provision fully applies to joint forms of committing an offense - the institution of complicity, one of the most difficult in criminal law. During the emergence and development of the institution of complicity in Russian law from the 10th century to the 17th century, there is a desire not only to distinguish between accomplices by their role in the crime committed and to individualize their responsibility, but also to identify the signs of different types of complicity