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- DictionarySo·vi·et/ˈsōvēət/
noun
- 1. an elected local, district, or national council in the former Soviet Union.
- 2. a citizen of the former Soviet Union.
adjective
- 1. of or concerning the former Soviet Union: "the Soviet leader"
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The meaning of SOVIET is an elected governmental council in a Communist country. How to use soviet in a sentence.
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. It was the largest country in the world by area, extending across eleven time zones and sharing land borders with twelve countries.
Soviets emerged as inclusive bodies to lead workers, and to organize strikes and to politically and militarily fight the government of Russian empire mainly through direct action, with the primary actors being socialist revolutionaries and anarchists, as Lenin's party was a minority.
noun [ plural ] mainly US uk / ˈsəʊ.vi.ət / us / ˈsoʊ.vi.ət / the Soviets. the people of the USSR:
noun. (in the former Soviet Union) an elected government council at the local, regional, and national levels, which culminated in the Supreme Soviet. (in prerevolutionary Russia) a local revolutionary council.
The history of the Soviet Union between 1927 and 1953 covers the period of the Second World War and of victory against Nazi Germany while the USSR remained under the control of Joseph Stalin.
Soviet, council that was the primary unit of government in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and that officially performed both legislative and executive functions at the all-union, republic, province, city, district, and village levels. The soviet first appeared during the St. Petersburg.
