Supreme Soviet

American  

[suh-preem soh-vee-et, soh-vee-it, soo-preem] / səˈprim ˈsoʊ viˌɛt, ˈsoʊ vi ɪt, sʊˈprim /

noun

1. the legislature of the former Soviet Union and its successor states, consisting of an upper house Soviet of the Union, or Council of the Union, whose delegates are elected on the basis of population, and a lower house Soviet of Nationalities, or Council of Nationalities, whose delegates are elected to represent the various nationalities.

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Supreme Soviet British  

noun

1. the bicameral legislature, comprising the Soviet of the Union and the Soviet of the Nationalities; officially the highest organ of state power

2. a similar legislature in each former Soviet republic

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Etymology

Origin of Supreme Soviet

First recorded in 1935–40; translation of Russian Vérkhniĭ sovét

Example Sentences

A few weeks earlier, the Supreme Soviet’s speaker, Ruslan Khasbulatov, had called a session to vote on Yeltsin’s impeachment.

From Slate

“He and I were accepted in the Kremlin by the chairman of the presidium of the Supreme Soviet. There were pictures on the front pages in all the newspapers.”

From Slate

Ariel Cohen, a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, said “the Wagner rebellion is the most serious challenge to the Russian state’s foundations since 1993, when the Supreme Soviet rebelled against Boris Yeltsin, who brought in tanks to suppress the attempted coup.”

From Washington Times

Valentina herself was a deputy in the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, the highest branch of the government’s legislature.

From Literature

Khrushchev was ousted in 1964 in a vote by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, which was led by Leonid Brezhnev.

From Washington Times