Complete Definition of "soviet"

English
wikipedia
Etymology
From Russian �ове�.

Noun
en-noun

#A form of governing council in the former Soviet Union.
#*2005: Kratochvil, Jedlicka, Safar, Kubes and Vasata, who always took an interest in politics, set up a soviet in the last wagon and uncoupled it from the rest of the train in the night. � James Meek, The People's Act of Love (Canongate 2006, p. 230)
#The main form of government at all levels of post-revolutionary Russia (Soviet Union).

Translations
trans-top|council
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Russian: t+|ru|�ове�|m|trsovjét|scCyrl
Swedish: sovjet
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trans-top|form of government
Kurdish:

trans-mid
Russian: t+|ru|�ове�|m|trsovjét|scCyrl
Serbian: savet
Swedish: sovjet
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Adjective
soviet
#Pertaining to a soviet.
#(with intial capital letter; Soviet) Pertaining to the Soviet Union or its constituent republics.

Translations
Croatian: t-|hr|sovjetski
French: t|fr|soviétique
Hungarian: szovjet
Russian: t+|ru|�ове��кий|m|trsovjétskij|scCyrl
Swedish: sovjetisk

Derived terms
Supreme Soviet

Category:Government

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