soviet Definition

an elected governmental council in a Communist country

bolsheviks

the people and especially the political and military leaders of the U.S.S.R.

of, relating to, or characteristic of the Soviet Union or its people

the portion of central Asia that formerly belonged to the U.S.S.R. and comprised what are now the republics of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan

the U.S.S.R.

opposing or hostile toward the Soviet Union or Soviet ideology

the highest legislative body of a nation (such as the former Soviet Union or former Soviet republics)

former country 1922—91 in eastern Europe and northern Asia bordering on the Arctic and Pacific oceans and Baltic and Black seas; capital Moscow area 8,649,512 square miles (22,402,236 square kilometers)

independent country in eastern Europe and northern Asia bordering on the Arctic and Pacific oceans and on the Baltic and Black seas and covering the largest area of any country in the world; capital Moscow area 6,592,812 square miles (17,075,383 square kilometers), population 143,300,000

the U.S.S.R. —a common usage despite the fact that the U.S.S.R. included other republics besides Russia

former empire in eastern Europe and northern Asia coextensive (except for Finland and Kars, a mountainous region now in northeastern Turkey) with the U.S.S.R.; capital Saint Petersburg