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Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic

(Encyclopedia)Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic or Moldavia: see Moldova. ...

Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic

(Encyclopedia)Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic or Kirghizia: see Kyrgyzstan. ...

Tadzhik Soviet Socialist Republic

(Encyclopedia)Tadzhik Soviet Socialist Republic or Tadzhikistan: see Tajikistan. ...

Adzhar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

(Encyclopedia)Adzhar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic: see Adjarian Autonomous Republic, Georgia. ...

Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic

(Encyclopedia)Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic: see Karelia, Russia. ...

Mordvinian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

(Encyclopedia)Mordvinian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic: see Mordovia, Russia. ...

Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

(Encyclopedia)Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic: see Komi Republic. ...

Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

(Encyclopedia)Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic: see Mari El. ...

soviet

(Encyclopedia)soviet, primary unit in the political organization of the former USSR. The term is the Russian word for council. The first soviets were revolutionary committees organized by Russian socialists in the ...

socialist realism

(Encyclopedia)socialist realism, Soviet artistic and literary doctrine. The role of literature and art in Soviet society was redefined in 1932 when the newly created Union of Soviet Writers proclaimed socialist rea...