Soviet (council)

The Soviets were the workers councils of the Soviet Union and the organizations the country took its name from. In theory, these councils were to govern the USSR, but in reality, Soviet power was almost always concentrated in the hands of the premiers and the highest ranking members of the Soviet Communist Party.

Soviet (council) Media

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  Soviet assembly in Petrograd, 1917

• Иваново-Вознесенский Совет.jpg

  Deputies of the first soviet, 1905.

• Lev Trotsky 1906-3.3 V1.jpg

  The Soviet of Workers' Deputies of St. Petersburg in 1905: Leon Trotsky in the center. The soviets were an early example of a workers council

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  Polish soldiers and workers electing a council in Poznań, November 1918