Supreme Soviet

[ suh-preem soh-vee-et, soh-vee-it, soo-preem ]

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.

Supreme Soviet

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Supreme Soviet¹

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

Example Sentences

Then Trump is elevated as some type of fascist god king at the Republican National Convention and what should have been something out of "Triumph of the Will" and Hitler and the Nazis was something more somnolent and akin to a tired premier giving a speech before the Supreme Soviet.

From Salon

Trump droned on like he was delivering an address to the Supreme Soviet or like some other dictator demagogue detailing his grand plans before an audience that does not believe him but must feign enthusiasm.

From Salon

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

From Slate

They were a rabble of Communists—many left over from the USSR’s legislative body, the Supreme Soviet, which was still the parliament’s name—and outright fascists, trying to mount a coup.

From Slate

The economy was in shambles, the army was a wreck, and Yeltsin was meeting resistance from the parliament—still called the Supreme Soviet—on his political and economic reform measures.

From Slate