soviet


Definition: Meaning of, soviet in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈsəʊvɪət;ˈsɒvɪət /

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soviet soviets
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  1. an elected council in a Communist country
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Soviet


Definition: Meaning of, Soviet in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈsəʊvɪət /

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  1. relating to the former USSR (Soviet Union) or its people
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Soviet used in phrases

  • Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic (noun)
    1. formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia
  • Soviet KGB (noun)
    1. formerly the predominant security police organization of Soviet Russia
  • Soviet Russia (noun)
    1. formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia
  • Soviet Socialist Republic (noun)
    1. 1922-1991 one of the states that formerly made up the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
  • Soviet Union (noun)
    1. Ukraine and Byelorussia and others a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics ; officially dissolved 31 December 1991
  • Soviet Union, the
    1. between 1917 and 1991, a country in Europe and Asia, whose full name was the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (the USSR). The Soviet Union was the largest country in the world and was made up of 15 REPUBLIC s (= separate nations), the most important of which was Russia. It was formed after the Russian Revolution in 1917 as a Communist state, led by LENIN . It was one of the most powerful countries in the world, and many people regarded it as the enemy of the US and western Europe during the COLD WAR . In the 1990s the Soviet Union began to break up as many of the REPUBLICs got rid of their Communist governments and made themselves independent.
  • Soviet bloc, the
    1. a name for the former SOVIET UNION, together with the countries of Eastern Europe which it partly controlled, and other Communist countries that supported it, such as North Korea, Vietnam, and Cuba
  • Supreme Soviet (noun)
    1. historical the bicameral parliament of the former Soviet Union
  • Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (noun)
    1. Ukraine and Byelorussia and others a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics ; officially dissolved 31 December 1991
  • Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the
    1. the full name of the SOVIET UNION
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