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[PrepP, Invar; adv]

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⇒ in the outlying regions, provincial organizations, institutions (as opposed to the central regions, organizations, institutions):

- at the local level;

- in the provinces;

- locally.

     ♦ Ей [власти] требовались "на местах" точные и механизированные исполнители приказов... (Мандельштам 2). The sort of people now wanted down below, "at the local level," were efficient robots who automatically obeyed orders... (2a).

     ♦ По принятому у нас обычаю всякую кампанию принято поддерживать и развивать на местах (Искандер 3). The custom in our country is for every government campaign to be supported and developed in the provinces (3a)