# soviets

Pronunciation: say "SOH-vee-uhts" US /ˈsoʊvi.əts/, UK /ˈsəʊvi.əts/

## Noun

1. Plural of soviet. — plural of soviet
   - Simple: Plural of soviet. Use it for more than one workers' council.
   - _Councils of workers and soldiers, the local soviets, sprang up across Russia in 1917._
   - _In theory, authority flowed upward from the village soviets to a national congress._

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