System of government in which state power belongs to soviets (workers' councils)
1In the former Soviet republic of Lithuania, police say abuse is widespread.
2Public protests are rare in the former Soviet republic of 18 million.
3Other centres were left behind in newly independent Soviet republics, she said.
4Disagreements remain over issues such as the former Soviet republic of Georgia.
5As part of the Soviet Republic, many Russians settled within its borders.
6He resigned as Soviet president in 1991 after Soviet republics declared independence.
7The parliament in the former Soviet republic is dominated by Bakiyev's party.
8Armenia blamed Azerbaijan, also a former Soviet republic, for the latest bloodshed.
9Prison riots occur periodically in the former Soviet republics of Central Asia.
10Antonov's main sales markets have been Russia, the former Soviet republics and Africa.
11Belarus is hosting a summit of 12 former Soviet republics today.
12More than forty million Muslims lived in the Soviet republics of central Asia.
13Russian cultural influence remains strong in Tajikistan, a former Soviet republic.
14He's a foreign national, a defector from the former Soviet Republic of Georgia.
15Tajikistan is a former Soviet republic and one of the world's poorest nations.
16And the location Army planners picked was the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan.
Translations for soviet republic