Soviet
/sˈoʊviət/
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Definition
(noun) A workers' council, an institution first formed during the 1905 Russian Revolution and then instituted as the main form of communist government at all levels in the Soviet Union; by extension, a similar organization in early Chinese communism and elsewhere.
Sentence Examples
Communism is the system practiced in the Soviet Union.
The news was all about the collapse of the Soviet Union.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ Union was a large socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 until its dissolution in 1991.