soviet
/ˈsoʊ·viˌet/, /-vi·ɪt/ n [C] world historyDefinition
› a group elected to govern a region or area in a communist country (= one based on public ownership of property and control of production) › world history the people and esp. the leaders of the U.S.S.R.
(Definition of soviet n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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