On the issue of defining the concept "public place" under the administrative legislation of the Russian Federation

The issues of defining the concept «public place» by analyzing the current administrative legislation are considered in the article. The author examines doctrinal definitions, studies statistical data provided by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation and the Judicial Department under the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation for 2019-2021 regarding cases on the most common administrative offenses provided for by the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, specifies the types of public places regulated by the legislator in Chapter 20 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation «Administrative offenses infringing on public order and public safety», as well as the reasons for some difficulties in interpreting the given definition.