soviet

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UK /ˈsəʊvi.ət/ US /ˈsoʊvi.ət/

adj 4noun 3

Collocations

ADJ.

former, last, live, long, near, occupied, same, socialist

The former Soviet Union broke apart into independent nations during the early 1990s.

VERB + SOVIET

allowed, collapse, defected, ended, practiced, set

The Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 after decades of economic stagnation and political reform.

SOVIET + NOUN

buildup, convictions, food, government, june, lesson, linguistics, membership

The Soviet government collapsed in 1991 after decades of political and economic pressure.

PREP.

in, in, into, notwithstanding, on, than, up

The ambassador negotiated a trade agreement with the Soviet Union despite tensions between the two nations.

ADV.

anymore

The Soviet Union doesn't exist anymore, but its influence still shapes global politics today.

Definitions

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 communi

They then established the West Hunan-Hupeh (Hsiang-O-Hsi) Special Committee and a little later transformed it into a soviet government. Party membership figures as of 1932 for a dozen counties in the area were estimated at 18,034, with the largest number, 4,468, working in Chienli County, then headquarters of the soviet.

Kratochvil, Jedlicka, Safar, Kubes and Vasata, who always took an interest in politics, set up a soviet in the last wagon and uncoupled it from the rest of the train in the night.

adj

Pertaining to or resembling a soviet (council).

Alternative letter-case form of Soviet (pertaining to the Soviet Union)

An engineer who is not very soviet in his convictions is the hero.

Why are separate divisions for teachers and administrators in a state organization any more "soviet" than the same divisions in a city educational […]

noun

A citizen of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

The major obstacle to a border settlement is the status of Heixiazi, a 330-square kilometer island at the confluence of the Amur and Ussuri rivers. The island is claimed by the Chinese but controlled by the USSR. Because Heixiazi overlooks Khabarovsk as well as the point where the Trans-Siberian Railway crosses the Amur River, the Soviets are reluctant to give it up.

Alternative letter-case form of soviet (“workers' council”).

Толчками и скачками дело все же идет к тому, что давно провозглашенный нашей партией переход власти к Советам будет осуществлен.

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They then established the West Hunan-Hupeh (Hsiang-O-Hsi) Special Committee and a little later transformed it into a soviet government. Party membership figures as of 1932 for a dozen counties in the

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Kratochvil, Jedlicka, Safar, Kubes and Vasata, who always took an interest in politics, set up a soviet in the last wagon and uncoupled it from the rest of the train in the night.

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Workers' committees were forming embryo soviets, soldiers' and sailors' collectives had whole ships and regiments under their temporary command, landless workers in the countryside were taking over ab

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An engineer who is not very soviet in his convictions is the hero.

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Why are separate divisions for teachers and administrators in a state organization any more "soviet" than the same divisions in a city educational […]

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The Soviet government is not very soviet anymore or, for that matter, much of a government.

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