soviet

Pluralsoviets, Soviets

1. 1
   of the USSRadjective · Soviethistorical

   Having to do with the Soviet Union or the republics that were part of it.

   My grandmother still has her old Soviet passport.

   Later, in the 1980s, western scholars found that, notwithstanding the substantial Soviet military buildup near the Chinese borders in the late 1960s, it was Beijing that initiated the clash on Zhenbao (Damanski) Island.

   2005, Vitaly Kozyrev, “Soviet Policy Toward the United States and China, 1969-1979”Here, Soviet means having to do with the Soviet Union.

   UsageUsually starts with a capital S, as in the Soviet Union.

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2. 2
   noun · Sovietcountable

   A citizen of the Soviet Union.

   As a Soviet, she needed permission to travel to the West.

   Ordinary Soviets often waited in long lines for food.

   UsageStarts with a capital S. For one person, people usually say a Soviet citizen.

3. 3
   a councilnounhistoricalcountable

   A council of workers, like those that governed the Soviet Union and some other communist places.

   The factory workers elected a soviet to run the plant.

   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.

   2005, James Meek, The People's Act of LoveHere, soviet means a workers' council that makes decisions together.

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