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| so·vi·et [ sṓvee ət, sṓvee èt ] (plural so·vi·ets) |
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1. Communist council: an elected government council that existed at local, regional, and national levels in the former Soviet Union. The highest was the Supreme Soviet.
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2. early Russian revolutionary council: a council in the early political organization of the Russian Revolution in 1917
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| [Early 20th century. < Russian sovet "council"] |
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 so·vi·et·ism noun |
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