Question

what were called Soviet​

Answer 1

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Communist government bodies at local level and republic level were called "soviets", and at the top of the hierarchy, the Congress of Soviets became the nominal core of the Union government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).

Answer 2

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Soviets sovét, Russian pronunciation: literally "council" in English) were political organizations and governmental bodies of the late Russian Empire, primarily associated with the Russian Revolution, which gave the name to the latter states of the Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union.