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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 ...

Soviet Far East

(Encyclopedia)Soviet Far East: see Russian Far East. ...

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. ...

Mordvinian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

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

Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

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

Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

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

Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic

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

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

(Encyclopedia)Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), Rus. Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, former republic. It was established in 1922 and dissolved in 1991. The Soviet Union was the first state...