soviet
A workers' council, an institution first formed during the 1905 Russian Revolution and…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.
» The Cold War ended when the Soviet Union collapsed.
Холодная война окончилась, когда Советский Союз распался.
Meaning
1 senses(historical)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.
Sowjet
сове́тsovét
ра́даráda, совє́тsovjét
- an elected governmental council in a communist country (especially one that is a member of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
Examples
135 sentencesThe Cold War ended when the Soviet Union collapsed.
ruХолодная война окончилась, когда Советский Союз распался.
The news was all about the collapse of the Soviet Union.
I was born in the Soviet Union.
Я народився ще у Радянському Союзі.
ruЯ рождён в Советском Союзе.
deIch bin in der Sowjetunion zur Welt gekommen.
Why is the Soviet leader selling pizza?
Чому радянський лідер продає піцу?
A year later, he visited the Soviet Union.
Рік по тому він відвідав Радянський Союз.
deEin Jahr später besuchte er die Sowjetunion.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Russian сове́т (sovét, “council”), from Old Russian borrowed from Old ChurchBorrowed from Russian сове́т (sovét, “council”), from Old Russian borrowed from Old Church Slavonic съвѣтъ (sŭvětŭ, “advice”). Compounded from съ- (sŭ-) + вѣтъ (větŭ, “agreement”), from Proto-Slavic *větъ (“council, talk”). Related words include наве́т (navét), изве́т (izvét), отве́т (otvét), приве́т (privét), обе́т (obét), ве́че (véče), отвеча́ть (otvečátʹ), отве́тить (otvétitʹ), завеща́ть (zaveščátʹ), and совещаться (soveščatʹsja). Probably cognate with Polish witać (“to welcome”).
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