soviet

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People shortly over from Russia told him, as he had felt, that the soviet was not the dreadful thing it was made out to be.

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  1. noun One of the popularly elected legislative assemblies that existed at local, regional, and national levels in the former Soviet Union.
  2. noun A native or inhabitant of the former Soviet Union.
  3. adjective Of or relating to the former Soviet Union.
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  • First, you'll need barracks and maybe cloning vats for the soviet.
  • Choose soviet or allies and play with 2 computer opponents.
  • Credited with making huge inroads against infectious diseases and providing basic free care to most citizens, China's soviet-style centralized public health system was largely dismantled in the 1980s amid economic reforms and a growing taste for privatization.
  • We track how the soviet is being implemented in Santa Cruz, and name those who are responsible.
  • The Moscow Narodny Bank, a soviet-owned British registered bank was one of the main players in this activity and its telex address was —  Anarkismo.net
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  1. Russian sovet, council, soviet, from Old Russian sŭvětŭ; see ksun in Indo-European roots.
 

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