noun

1. 1. any of the various governing councils that performed executive and legislative functions in the Soviet Union: in structure the soviets formed a pyramid, with the village and town soviets as its base and the Supreme Soviet as its apex
   2. any similar council in a socialist governing system
2. the government officials or the people of the Soviet Union, Russia, or Uzbekistan

Etymology: Russ sovyet, council, advice < s(o)-, together (< IE *kom-: see com-) + -vèt, speak, ult. < IE base *weid-, to see, know, make known > wise

adjective

1. of a soviet or soviets or government by soviets
2. of or connected with the Soviet Union