soviet

Definition of soviet in English English dictionary: Supporting or representing the Soviet Union or Sovietism; Sovietist
It would also be incorrect to creat a scale of Sovietism, arguing, say, that Gildin was more Soviet than Litvakov, or that Litvakov was more Soviet than Dobrushin. Essentially, they were equally Soviet, even if they saw their Sovietism rather differently:.; Pertaining to the Soviet Union or its constituent republics; Any of the governing workers' councils in the Soviet Union; Relating to the ideology, culture or politics of the Soviet Union
There are 3 kinds of Russian speakers in Estonia: a Those that have taken out Estonian Citizenship, b Those that took out Russian citizenship and are therefore loyal to Russia, c those that have not taken either citizenship and are still very soviet in mindstate.; Pertaining to or resembling a soviet (council); The main form of communist government at all levels in the Soviet Union imposed in the bolshevik October Revolution in the former imperial Russia; A form of governing council in the former Soviet Union
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.; The Soviets were the people of the former Soviet Union. In 1957, the Soviets launched Sputnik 1 into outer space; Soviet is used to describe something that belonged or related to the former Soviet Union. the former Soviet empire; A soviet was an elected local, regional, or national council in the former Soviet Union. relating to the former USSR (Soviet Union) or its people (sovet ). an elected council in a Communist country. Council that constituted the primary unit of government in the Soviet Union. The first soviet was formed in St. Petersburg during the Russian Revolution of 1905 to coordinate revolutionary activities, but it was suppressed. Socialist leaders formed the second soviet shortly before the abdication of Nicholas II, with one deputy for every 1,000 workers and every military company. After the Russian Revolution of 1917, the Bolsheviks gradually gained a dominant position in soviets across the land. In 1918 a new constitution established soviets as the formal unit of local and regional government. The 1936 constitution created a directly elected bicameral Supreme Soviet, but the single candidate per district was chosen by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Communist Party of the Soviet Union Soviet law Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Soviet Union German Soviet Nonaggression Pact Nazi Soviet Nonaggression Pact Twentieth Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union; an elected governmental council in a Communist country (especially one that is a member of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) of or relating to or characteristic of the former Soviet Union or its people; "Soviet leaders; Pertaining to a soviet (council); {s} of or pertaining to the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; of or pertaining to a soviet, of a popularly elected legislative assembly; {i} popularly elected legislative assembly (in the former Soviet Union)
Soviet Socialist Republic: Any of the republics belonging to the former Soviet Union
Soviet Union: The name for a constitutionally socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991
Soviet Russia: Soviet Union, former USSR
Soviet Union: 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 republics (=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 Union: Soviet Russia, former USSR
Soviet bloc: 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
Soviet combat doctrine: policy of battle that was developed by the Soviet army and provided to Arab armies
Soviet cosmonaut: astronaut from the Soviet Union, space traveler from the Soviet Union
Soviet law: Law that developed in the Soviet Union after the Russian Revolution of 1917 and that, after World War II, was assimilated by other communist states. Legislative enactments, including the constitution of the U.S.S.R., were the principal sources of law in the Soviet legal system; these were then elaborated in codes of statutes by each union republic. No distinction between public and private law existed; all legal matters involved the state. Law was generally thought of as a force for restructuring society and advancing the nation toward communism. Also known as socialist law, it was based on the writings of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. In addition to criminal and civil offenses, "administrative offenses" constituted a large proportion of cases and were dealt with outside the court system
soviet russia: formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia
soviet socialist republic: one of the states that formerly made up the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922-1991)
soviet union: a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia an others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic: The official name for modern day Russia before the collapse of the Soviet Union (1917-1991)
Sovietization: The act or process of Sovietizing
Supreme Soviet: The bicameral parliament of the former Soviet Union
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic: The Bolshevik state of Ukraine (1919–91), a constituent republic of the Soviet Union (1922–91)
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: A confederation of Communist states led by Russia from 1922 to 1991
Communist Party of the Soviet Union: Major political party of Russia and the Soviet Union from the Russian Revolution of 1917 to 1991. It arose from the Bolshevik wing of the Russian Social-Democratic Workers' Party. From 1918 through the 1980s it was a monolithic, monopolistic ruling party that dominated the Soviet Union's political, economic, social, and cultural life. The constitution and other legal documents that supposedly regulated the government were actually subordinate to the CPSU, which also dominated the Comintern and the Cominform. Mikhail Gorbachev's efforts to reform the country's economy and political structure weakened the party, and in 1990 it voted to surrender its constitutionally guaranteed monopoly of power. The Soviet Union's dissolution in 1991 marked the party's formal demise
German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact: or Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact (Aug. 23, 1939) Agreement stipulating mutual nonaggression between the Soviet Union and Germany. The Soviet Union, whose proposed collective security agreement with Britain and France was rebuffed, approached Germany, and in the pact the two states pledged publicly not to attack each other. Its secret provisions divided Poland between them and gave the Soviet Union control of Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, and Finland. The Soviets hoped to buy time to build up their forces to face German expansionism; Germany wished to proceed with its invasion of Poland and the countries to its west without having to worry about the Red Army. News of the pact shocked and horrified the world. Nine days after its signing, Germany began World War II by invading Poland. The agreement was voided when Germany attacked the Soviet Union in 1941. Until 1989 the Soviet Union denied the existence of the secret protocols because they were considered evidence of its involuntary annexation of the Baltic states
Supreme Soviet: The bicameral legislature of the former Soviet Union, with members elected in one house from the population at large and in the other from the constituent national republics
Supreme Soviet: bicameral legislature of the Soviet Union
Telegrafnoe Agentsvo Sovetskovo Soyuza Russian: Telegraph Agency of the Soviet U: formerly TASS in full Telegrafnoe Agentsvo Sovetskovo Soyuza (Russian: "Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union") As TASS, the official news agency of the Soviet Union from 1925 to 1991. It was renamed ITAR-TASS in 1992. The main source of news for all Soviet newspapers and radio and television stations, it was also a major international wire service. After the Soviet Union's 1991 breakup, TASS was reorganized into the Information Telegraph Agency of Russia (ITAR), reporting on news of Russia, and the Telegraph Agency of the Countries of the Commonwealth (TASS), reporting on news of other countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States. ITAR-TASS dispatches on matters of public policy and international affairs reflect the official position of the state
Twentieth Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union: (Feb. 14-25, 1956) Meeting at which Nikita Khrushchev repudiated Joseph Stalin and Stalinism. Khrushchev's secret speech denouncing the former Soviet leader was accompanied by his Report of the Central Committee to the Congress, which announced a new line in Soviet foreign policy. He based his new policy on "the Leninist principle of coexistence of states with different social systems." Khrushchev also used the Congress to promote his loyal supporters to high party office and to take control of the party from the Stalinist old guard
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: A former country of eastern Europe and northern Asia with coastlines on the Baltic and Black seas and the Arctic and Pacific oceans. It was established in December 1922 with the union of the Russian SFSR (proclaimed after the Russian Revolution of 1917) and various other soviet republics, including Belorussia and the Ukraine. In 1991 a number of consituent republics declared their independence, and the USSR was officially dissolved on December 31, 1991. Moscow was the capital. the full name of the Soviet Union. or Soviet Union Former republic, eastern Europe and northern and central Asia. Area: 8,649,512 sq mi (22,402,235 sq km). It consisted, in its final years, of 15 soviet socialist republics that gained independence at its dissolution: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belorussia (now Belarus), Estonia, Georgia (now Republic of Georgia), Kazakhstan, Kirgiziya (now Kyrgyzstan), Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. It also contained 20 autonomous soviet socialist republics: 16 within Russia, 2 within Georgia, 1 within Azerbaijan, and 1 within Uzbekistan. Capital: Moscow. Stretching from the Baltic and Black seas to the Pacific Ocean, the Soviet Union comprised the largest country on the globe, having a maximum east-west extent of about 6,800 mi (10,900 km) and a maximum north-south extent of about 2,800 mi (4,500 km). It encompassed 11 time zones and had common boundaries with 6 European countries and 6 Asian countries. Its regions contained fertile lands, deserts, tundra, high mountains, some of the world's largest rivers, and large inland waters, including most of the Caspian Sea. The coastline on the Arctic Ocean extended 3,000 mi (4,800 km), while that on the Pacific was 1,000 mi (1,600 km) long. The U.S.S.R. was an agricultural, mining, and industrial power. Following the Russian Revolution of 1917, four socialist republics were established on the territory of the former Russian Empire: the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic, the Transcaucasian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic, the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, and the Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. These four constituent republics established the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1922, to which other republics were added over the years. A power struggle begun in 1924 with the death of communist leader Vladimir Lenin ended in 1927 when Joseph Stalin gained victory. Implementation of the first of the Five-Year Plans in 1928 centralized industry and collectivized agriculture. A purge in the late 1930s resulted in the imprisonment or execution of millions of persons considered dangerous to the state (see purge trials). After World War II, with their respective allies, the U.S.S.R. and the U.S. engaged in the Cold War. In the late 1940s the U.S.S.R. helped to establish communist regimes throughout most of eastern Europe. The U.S.S.R. exploded its first atomic bomb in 1949 and its first hydrogen bomb in 1953. Following Stalin's death, it experienced limited political and cultural liberalization under Nikita Khrushchev. It launched the first manned orbital spaceflight in 1961. Under Leonid Brezhnev liberalization was partially reversed. In the mid-1980s Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev instituted liberal policies of glasnost and perestroika. By the end of 1990 the communist government had toppled, and a program to create a market economy was implemented. The U.S.S.R. was officially dissolved on Dec. 25, 1991
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSR: official name of the former Soviet Union (union of 15 republics in eastern Europe and northern Asia which was formed in 1922 and dissolved in 1991)
disintegration of the Soviet Union: breaking up of the Soviet Union into separate states
former Soviet Union: area comprising what was once the U.S.S.R
soviets: the government of the Soviet Union; "the Soviets said they wanted to increase trade with Europe
soviets: plural of soviet
union of soviet socialist republics: Soviet Union: a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia an others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991

soviet

Hyphenation

So·vi·et

Turkish pronunciation

sōviıt

Pronunciation

/ˈsōvēət/ /ˈsoʊviːət/

Etymology

() From Russian совет 'council', from Old Russian and Old Church Slavonic съвѣтъ (“advice”). Compounded from со- + Old Church Slavonic вѣтъ (“agreement”) *vēt- (“council, talk”). Related words include навет, извет, ответ, привет, обет, вече, отвечать, ответить, завещать, and совещаться. Probably cognate with Polish witać (“to welcome”).