Soviet vs Cheka - What's the difference?
soviet | cheka |
A form of governing council in the former Soviet Union.
* 2005 , , The People's Act of Love , Canongate 2006, p. 230:
* 2010 , (Christopher Hitchens), Hitch-22 , Atlantic 2011, p. 184:
(historical) The main form of communist government at all levels in the Soviet Union imposed in the Bolshevik in the former imperial Russia.
Pertaining to or resembling a soviet (council).
Relating to the ideology, culture or politics of the Soviet Union.
* 1935 , Louis Fischer, Soviet Journey , page 129
* 1947 , Washington Education Association, Washington Education Journal
* 1991 , "Whatchamacallit", in Boston Globe , Aug 27, 1991
* 2004 , "M&S coach Rose makes his pitch", in Times Online , Nov 14, 2004
* 2005 , Zedong Mao, Stuart Reynolds Schram, Nancy Jane Hodes, Mao's Road to Power: Revolutionary Writings 1912-1949 , page 575
* 2006 , Kate Transchel, ''Under the Influence: Working-Class Drinking, Temperance, and Cultural ..., page 136
* 2006 , SG Inge-Vechtomov, "From the Mutation Theory to the Theory of the Mutation Process", in NATO Security through Science Series B
* 2007 , Comment on Fred Hiatt, "A Soviet Memorial -- and Mind-Set: How far Russia has regressed became shockingly evident last week when Vladimir Putin's Russia unleashed a barrage against neighboring Estonia.", Washington Post , May 7, 2007
The first of a succession of Soviet state security organizations, created in 1917.
As proper nouns the difference between soviet and cheka
is that soviet is (history) any of the governing workers' councils in the soviet union while cheka is the first of a succession of soviet state security organizations, created in 1917.As a noun soviet
is a citizen of the union of soviet socialist republics.As an adjective soviet
is (history|not comparable) pertaining to the soviet union or its constituent republics.soviet
English
Noun
(en noun)- Kratochvil, Jedlicka, Safar, Kubes and Vasata, who always took an interest in politics, set up a soviet in the last wagon and uncoupled it from the rest of the train in the night.
- Workers' committees were forming embryo soviets , soldiers' and sailors' collectives had whole ships and regiments under their temporary command, landless workers in the countryside were taking over abandoned farms and properties.
Adjective
(en adjective)- An engineer who is not very soviet in his convictions is the hero.
- Why are separate divisions for teachers and administrators in a state organization any more "soviet" than the same divisions in a city educational [....]
- The Soviet government is not very soviet anymore or, for that matter, much of a government.
- "It felt very soviet , very intimidating", said Steven Sharp, one of Rose’s closest lieutenants.
- [...] that has been enlarged most quickly and widely is the very soviet region newly created in northern Sichuan.
- One tactic was to become more "soviet" than vanguard workers by enthusiastically participating in the regime's productivity campaigns such as shock work,
- Lobashev was of completely proletarian origin. He was a very soviet person.
- There are 3 kinds of Russian speakers in Estonia: a Those that have taken out Estonian Citizenship, b Those that took out Russian citizenship and are therefore loyal to Russia, c those that have not taken either citizenship and are still very soviet in mindstate.