Definitions

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  • proper noun history Any of the governing workers' councils in the Soviet Union.
  • noun A citizen of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
  • adjective history, not comparable Pertaining to the Soviet Union or its constituent republics.
  • adjective Supporting or representing the Soviet Union or Sovietism; Sovietist.

Etymologies

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From Russian совет (sovét), советский (sovétskij)

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Examples

  • On Dec. 10 the Supreme Soviet had changed the republic's name to Republic of Kazakhstan, dropping the words “Soviet Socialist.

    f. Kazakhstan 2001

  • In a constituent session, the new Supreme Soviet proclaimed the Republic of Georgia, dropping “Soviet” and “Socialist” from its name.

    e. Georgia 2001

  • Soviet na hEireann - Excellent program from TG4 againLast night a documentary on the Limerick Soviet* in 1919 and the general labour struggles of the period 1919 - 1923 was on yet another excellent documentary from TG4.

    Politics.ie SlabMurphy 2010

  • Hand it to the Soviet Union, at least its “bleeding wound” -- the phrase Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev gave to its Afghan debacle of the 1980s -- was conveniently next door.

    Tom Engelhardt: Debacle! Tom Engelhardt 2012

  • Since the Revolution, however, the term Soviet has come to be associated with a certain type of parliament elected by members of working-class economic organisations—the Soviet of Workers’, of Soldiers’, or of Peasants’ Deputies.

    Notes and Explanations 1922

  • He still considers himself an "international warrior" - the term Soviet propaganda coined for them.

    News on www.kyivpost.com 2009

  • He still considers himself an "international warrior" - the term Soviet propaganda coined for them.

    News on www.kyivpost.com 2009

  • ROBERT MOYNIHAN, "INSIDE THE VATICAN" MAGAZINE: That was the beginning of the end of what we call the Soviet empire.

    CNN Transcript Apr 2, 2005 2005

  • WILTON WYNN, AUTHOR, "KEEPERS OF THE KEYS": That was the beginning of the end of what we call the Soviet empire.

    CNN Transcript Apr 2, 2005 2005

  • Mr Brzezinski has said this weekend that the problem of what he calls the Soviet combat brigade is a political problem similar to that of the problem of the Berlin Wall.

    CASTRO INTERVIEWED BY DAN RATHER ON SOVIET TROOP 1979

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