soviet
noun /ˈsəʊviət/, /ˈsɒviət/
/ˈsəʊviet/, /ˈsɑːviət/
- [countable] an elected local, district or national council in the former USSR
- the Soviets[plural] (especially North American English) the people of the former USSR
Word Originearly 20th cent.: from Russian sovet ‘council’.