outlying area/district;
(местные организации) outlying/local organizations pl.
жить, работать на ~и live, work in an outlying area;
live, work in the provinces;
приехать с ~и come* from an outlying area, come* up from an outlying area, come* up from the provinces
1) circumference, periphery
на периферии — at the periphery
2) the outlying districts, provinces, outskirts мн. ч.