Soviets

noun
1.

(before the revolution) any governmental council.
(after the revolution) a local council, originally elected only by manual workers, with certain powers of local administration.
(after the revolution) a higher council elected by a local council, being part of a hierarchy of soviets culminating in the Supreme Soviet.

2.
any similar council or assembly connected with a socialistic governmental system elsewhere.
3.
(initial capital letter). Often, Soviets. a governing official or person living in the Soviet Union:
The Soviets have denied our charge.
adjective
4.
of or relating to a soviet.
5.
(initial capital letter) of the Soviet Union:
a Soviet statesman.
noun
1.
the people or government of the former Soviet Union
noun
1.
(in the former Soviet Union) an elected government council at the local, regional, and national levels, which culminated in the Supreme Soviet
2.
(in prerevolutionary Russia) a local revolutionary council
adjective
3.
of or relating to a soviet
adjective
1.
of, characteristic of, or relating to the former Soviet Union, its people, or its government