ZOROASTRIAN LAW AND THE PROBLEM OF CLASSIFICATION OF CRIMES Khalikov Abdurahim Gafforovich, Dr of law. <...> Position: professor at Human right and comparative jurisprudence chair. <...> E-mail: nazir.azimov.79@mail.ru Annotation: Criminality and criminal punishment as a social phenomenon were clearly shown in Avesta and Zoroastrism. <...> In Avesta and Zoroastrism we often face with the norms which prohibit many wrongdoings. <...> Categories of crimes in Avesta and Zoroastrism were defined from the object of crime, they were divided into simple and complex (objective side of crime). <...> Besides it should be noted that kinds of crime are reflected in Avesta and Zoroastrism according to the form of guilt. <...> Преступность и уголовное наказание как актуальные явления достаточно хорошо освещались в Авесте и зороастризме. <...> Предусмотренные преступления в Авесте, можно разделить на простые и сложные составы. <...>