noun
- an elected council in the former Soviet Union
Usage: historical
adjective
- of or relating to the former Soviet Union
Usage: historical
Examples
- The local soviet made decisions about farming in the village.
- Workers elected representatives to the factory soviet.
- Soviet forces occupied Eastern Europe after World War II.
- Many Soviet citizens emigrated to the West in the 1990s.
- The Soviet economy was centrally planned by the government.
- Soviet literature was heavily censored during the Stalin era.