Soviet of Nationalities

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. One of the two legislative chambers of the Supreme Soviet of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; it represented the interests of members of different ethnicities in the USSR.

Word forms

Soviet of Nationalities

Etymology

Calque of Russian Сове́т Национа́льностей (Sovét Nacionálʹnostej).

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