Keyword: «anti-corruption legislation»

Gavriil Romanovich Derzhavin is known primarily as a great figure in the literature of the Enlightenment, but few people know that in addition to his brilliant poetic talent, Gavriil Romanovich was also famous for his brilliant political and military career. The article reflects the key aspects of the activities of Gavriil Romanovich Derzhavin as a statesman – a real fighter against corruption, which still remains one of the main threats to statehood, as evidenced by the National Security Strategy of the Russian Federation, crime statistics of the Russian Federation. Corruption is one of the most detrimental phenomena, which, first of all, negatively affects the political and social stability in the country. Service, legislative innovations that Derzhavin proposed became one of the most progressive proposals of that time. Derzhavin, in the fight against corruption, introduced some changes in the development of criminal law, which were fixed much later. The article also draws historical parallels: the ideas of G.R. Derzhavin, which found support and reflection in modern anti-corruption legislation, which testifies to the progressiveness and far-sightedness of G.R. Derzhavin as a statesman.