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soviet
noun
a
workers
’
or
soldiers
’
council
elected
to
represent
local
people
during
the
Russian
Revolution
and
in
the
former
Soviet
Union
•
During
the
Russian
Revolution
,
each
factory
elected
a
soviet
to
voice
workers'
demands
.
During
the
Russian
Revolution
,
each
factory
elected
a
soviet
to
voice
workers'
demands
.
•
The
city
soviet
organized
food
distribution
to
deal
with
shortages
.
The
city
soviet
organized
food
distribution
to
deal
with
shortages
.
Borrowed
into
English
in
the
early
20th
century
from
Russian
“
сове́т
” (
sovét
)
meaning
“
council
”
or
“
advice
”.
Soviet
adjective
relating
to
the
former
Soviet
Union
,
its
government
,
people
,
or
policies
•
Cold
War
textbooks
often
presented
the
Soviet
missile
program
as
a
major
threat
.
Cold
War
textbooks
often
presented
the
Soviet
missile
program
as
a
major
threat
.
•
My
grandmother
still
keeps
a
Soviet
postage
stamp
from
1961
in
her
diary
.
My
grandmother
still
keeps
a
Soviet
postage
stamp
from
1961
in
her
diary
.
Derived
from
the
name
of
the
Soviet
Union
,
officially
the
Union
of
Soviet
Socialist
Republics
(
USSR
),
established
in
1922
.
noun
a
citizen
of
the
former
Soviet
Union
•
A
young
Soviet
greeted
the
Western
reporters
with
cautious
curiosity
.
A
young
Soviet
greeted
the
Western
reporters
with
cautious
curiosity
.
•
The
athlete
was
the
first
Soviet
to
win
a
gold
medal
in
that
event
.
The
athlete
was
the
first
Soviet
to
win
a
gold
medal
in
that
event
.
From
the
national
adjective
of
the
Union
of
Soviet
Socialist
Republics
;
used
in
English
from
the
1920s
to
denote
a
person
from
the
USSR
.
