The article identifies and reveals the Corpus delicti of forgery (Article 292 of the Criminal Code) and the manufacture of counterfeit documents (Article 327 of the Criminal Code). The article concludes that there is a differentiated understanding of the official document for the composition of crimes from different chapters of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The article concludes that there is a differentiated understanding of the official document for the crimes from different chapters of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The legal content of the subject of the crime is determined by the specifics of protected public relations that are damaged, as well as other signs of the crime. It is necessary to update the understanding of forged documents in connection with the introduction of official electronic documents and private documents. It is concluded that for the purposes of proper qualification of crimes, the signs of the subject of official forgery (Article 292 of the Criminal Code) and the production of forged documents (Article 327 of the Criminal Code) should be fixed in the notes to the relevant articles of the Criminal Code, taking into account the specifics of the specific object of crimes.