A soviet is a representative workers' council that follows a socialist ideology, particularly in the context of the Russian Revolution. In the expanded meaning of "workers', peasants' and soldier's co
Soviet assembly in Petrograd, 1917
Deputies of the first soviet, 1905.
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
Vladimir Lenin, founder of the Soviet Union and the leader of the Bolshevik party.
Workers' Councils in Poland or councils of workers' delegates were representative organs of workers and peasants, set up at various times in Poland throughout the 20th century, but in greatest numbers
Polish soldiers and workers assembling to elect a council in Poznań, 10 November 1918
Drawing of the 1905 revolution from a 1908 issue of Robotnik
Poznań protests of 1956, workers hold a sign saying: "We demand bread!"