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.
Derivatives:
Sovietize v.tr. (also -ise). Sovietization n.
Etymology: Russ. sovet council