soviet

Soviet
    adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the former Soviet
           Union or its people; "Soviet leaders"
    n 1: an elected governmental council in a communist country
         (especially one that is a member of the Union of Soviet
         Socialist Republics)
    

63 Moby Thesaurus words for "soviet":
      British Cabinet, Sanhedrin, US Cabinet, advisory body, assembly,
      association, bench, bicameral legislature, board,
      board of aldermen, body of advisers, borough council, brain trust,
      cabinet, camarilla, chamber, chamber of deputies, city board,
      city council, commission, common council, conference, congress,
      consultative assembly, council, council fire, council of ministers,
      council of state, council of war, county council, court,
      deliberative assembly, diet, directory, divan, federal assembly,
      general assembly, house of assembly, junta, kitchen cabinet,
      legislative assembly, legislative body, legislative chamber,
      legislature, lower chamber, lower house, national assembly,
      parish council, parliament, privy council, provincial legislature,
      provincial parliament, representative town meeting, staff,
      state assembly, state legislature, syndicate, synod, town meeting,
      tribunal, unicameral legislature, upper chamber, upper house