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Soviet of Nationalities

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Etymology

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Calque of Russian Сове́т Национа́льностей (Sovét Nacionálʹnostej).

Proper noun

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Soviet of Nationalities

  1. (historical) 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.