n. & adj.
n. 1 an elected local, district, or national council in the USSR. 2 (Soviet) a citizen of the USSR. 3 hist. a revolutionary council of workers, peasants, etc. before 1917.
adj. (usu. Soviet) of or concerning the Soviet Union. Sovietize v.tr. (also -ise). Sovietization n.
[ Russ. sovet council ]