The given article is devoted to the memory of Vasily Vasiliyevich Maltsev, the outstanding Russian scientist. It deals with his professional way from a simple worker to a doctor of juridical sciences, a professor and Honored Lawyer of the Russian Federation. Being a scientist means not only to possess comprehensive knowledge, but also to seek for the truth tirelessly, to bring accepted dogmas into a question as well as to generate new ideas. This mission requires deep dedication, unwavering will and constant aiming at perfection. This article focuses on his great contribution to the development of criminal law including the formation of an independent scientific approach and the supervision of 15 dissertations of candidate of juridical sciences. V. V. Maltsev is considered to be as a guide, determining the way for new generations of researchers. He shared his accumulated knowledge and inspired his students to make their own discoveries helping them real-ize their scientific potential. Vasily Vasiliyevich was more than just a teacher was; he was a friend and a critic to be able to discern some spark of a talent in everyone and fan it into the bright flame of scientific research. In the given article one considers the importance of his key monographs as well as his authorship of over 250 scientific works of significant importance to the criminal law theory on the whole. The author of this article characterizes V. V. Maltsev as a principled scientist and talented mentor whose works and sacrosanct authority left a deep impression in the hearts of colleagues and students.
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2. Maltsev V. V. The problem of criminal and legal assessment of socially dangerous consequences. Saratov: Publishing House of the Sara-tov University; 1989: 192. (In Russ.).
3. Maltsev V. V. The category of "socially dangerous behavior" in criminal law. Volgograd: the Volgograd Law Institute of the Ministry of the Interior of Russia; 1995: 188. (In Russ.).
4. Maltsev V. V. Introduction to criminal law. Volgograd: the Volgograd Law Institute of the Ministry of the Interior of Russia; 2000: 204. (In Russ.).
5. Maltsev V. V. Principles of criminal law. Volgograd: the Volgograd Academy of the Ministry of the Interior of Russia; 2001: 266. (In Russ.).
6. Maltsev V. V. Problems to eliminate criminal responsibility and punishment in criminal law. Volgograd: the Volgograd Academy of the Ministry of the Interior of Russia; 2004: 209. (In Russ.).
7. Maltsev V. V. Principles of criminal law and their implementation in law enforcement activities. Saint Petersburg: Juridical Center Press; 2004: 694. (In Russ.).
8. Maltsev V. V. Punishment and problems of its imposing in the criminal law. Volgograd: the Volgograd Academy of the Ministry of the Interior of Russia; 2007: 223. (In Russ.).
9. Maltsev V. V. Theory of the object of crime. In 2 vols. Vol. 1. The object of crime: conceptual problems. Volgograd: the Volgograd Academy of the Ministry of the Interior of Russia; 2010: 262. (In Russ.).
10. Maltsev V. V. Theory of the object of crime. In 2 vols. Vol. 2. The object of crime: role in corpus delicti, legislation and its implementation. Volgograd: the Volgograd Academy of the Ministry of the Interior of Russia; 2010: 278. (In Russ.).
11. Maltsev V. V. Object of protection (crime) in criminal law. Moscow: Yurlitinform; 2012: 512. (In Russ.).
12. Maltsev V. V. Socially dangerous behavior in criminal law. Moscow: Yurlitinform; 2014: 648. (In Russ.).
13. Maltsev V. V. Course of Russian criminal law. General part. In 4 vols. Vol. I. Introduction to criminal law: a scientific study. Moscow: Yurlitinform; 2015: 488. (In Russ.).
14. Maltsev V. V. Course of Russian criminal law. General part. In 4 vols. Vol. II. Criminal law: a scientific study. Moscow: Yurlitinform; 2016: 536. (In Russ.).
15. Maltsev V. V. Course of Russian criminal law. General part. In 4 vols. Vol. III. Crime. Book I. The category of "crime" in criminal law: a scientific study. Moscow: Yurlitinform; 2017: 520. (In Russ.).
