1) circumference, periphery
2) the outlying districts, provinces, outskirts мн.
перифери|я - ж. 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