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Rada is the term for "council" or "assembly" borrowed by Polish
Polish language

Polish , an official language of Poland, has the largest number of speakers of any West Slavic languages. Polish-speakers use the language in a uniform manner through most of Poland, and it has a regular orthography....
 from the Low Franconian "Rad" (council) and later passed into the Czech
Czech language

Czech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers; it is the majority language in the Czech Republic and spoken by Czech people worldwide....
, Ukrainian
Ukrainian language

Ukrainian is a language of the East Slavic languages of the Slavic languages. It is the official language of Ukraine. In some areas of Russia there are dialects, Balachka or Surzhyk, which are the Ukrainianized versions of the Russian language....
, and Belarusian
Belarusian language

The Belarusian language, or Belorussian is the language of the Belarusians and is spoken in Belarus and abroad, chiefly in Russia, Ukraine, and Poland....
 languages.

Normally it is translated as "council". Sometimes it corresponds to "parliament
Parliament

A parliament is a legislature, especially in those countries whose system of government is based on the Westminster system modeled after that of the United Kingdom....
", or in Soviet Union
Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
 contexts, to "soviet
Soviet (council)

A soviet originally was a workers' councils in late Imperial Russia. According to the official historiography of the Soviet Union, the first Soviet was organized during the 1905 Russian Revolution in Ivanovo in May 1905....
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Rada is the term for "council" or "assembly" borrowed by Polish
Polish language

Polish , an official language of Poland, has the largest number of speakers of any West Slavic languages. Polish-speakers use the language in a uniform manner through most of Poland, and it has a regular orthography....
 from the Low Franconian "Rad" (council) and later passed into the Czech
Czech language

Czech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers; it is the majority language in the Czech Republic and spoken by Czech people worldwide....
, Ukrainian
Ukrainian language

Ukrainian is a language of the East Slavic languages of the Slavic languages. It is the official language of Ukraine. In some areas of Russia there are dialects, Balachka or Surzhyk, which are the Ukrainianized versions of the Russian language....
, and Belarusian
Belarusian language

The Belarusian language, or Belorussian is the language of the Belarusians and is spoken in Belarus and abroad, chiefly in Russia, Ukraine, and Poland....
 languages.

Normally it is translated as "council". Sometimes it corresponds to "parliament
Parliament

A parliament is a legislature, especially in those countries whose system of government is based on the Westminster system modeled after that of the United Kingdom....
", or in Soviet Union
Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
 contexts, to "soviet
Soviet (council)

A soviet originally was a workers' councils in late Imperial Russia. According to the official historiography of the Soviet Union, the first Soviet was organized during the 1905 Russian Revolution in Ivanovo in May 1905....
".

Examples


In Belarus
Belarus

Belarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the north....
  • BNR Rada, government of the Belarusian National Republic (now in exile)


In Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
  • Rada Glówna Opiekuncza
    Central Welfare Council

    Central Welfare Council was one of the very few Polish social organizations that were allowed to work under the German occupation of Poland in both wars World War I and World War II....
     (Central Welfare Council)
  • Rada Jednosci Narodowej
    Council of National Unity

    Rada Jednosci Narodowej was the quasi-parliament of the Polish Underground State during World War II. It was created by the Government Delegate's Office at Home on 9 January 1944....
     (Council of National Unity)
  • Rada Polityki Pienieznej
    Monetary Policy Council

    The Monetary Policy Council, Polish language: Rada Polityki Pienieznej, is a body of the Narodowy Bank Polski.Each year, in parallel with the budget project presented by the government, the MPC sets the bases of monetary policy....
     (Monetary Policy Council)
  • Rada Trzech
    Rada Trzech

    The Council of Three was a collegial body created by the Polish Government in Exile in 1954 with prerogatives of the President of Poland. It consisted of three members of the government chosen by the Rada Jednosci Narodowej , a rump parliament in exile....
     (Council of Three)


In Ukraine
Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....
  • Sich Rada
    Sich Rada

    Sich Rada was the highest branch of government at Zaporizhian Host. The Rada was involved in legislative, executive and judicial matters. It was able to decided when to go to war and when to conclude a peace treaty....
     (Council of Zaporizhian Sich)
  • Tsentralna Rada
    Tsentralna Rada

    The Tsentralna Rada or Central Rada was a socialist-dominated rada, traditional representative body Building of the "Ukrainian Club" on March 17, 1917 in Kiev to govern the Ukrainian People's Republic — which was first an autonomous polity and then later a fully independent state....
     (Central Council), parliament of the Ukrainian People's Republic
    Ukrainian People's Republic

    The Ukrainian People's Republic was a republic in part of the territory of modern Ukraine Ukraine after the Russian Revolution, eventually headed by Symon Petliura....
  • Verkhovna Rada
    Verkhovna Rada

    The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine is Ukraine's parliament. The Verkhovna Rada is a unicameral parliament composed of 450 deputies, which is presided over by a Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada ....
     (Supreme Council), the parliament of Ukraine
    Ukraine

    Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....


See also


  • Sejm
    Sejm (disambiguation)

    Sejm...
  • Duma
    Duma

    A Duma is any of various representative assemblies in modern Russia and Russian history. The State Duma in the Russian Empire and Russian Federation corresponds to the lower house of the parliament....
  • State Duma
    State Duma

    The State Duma in the Russian Federation is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia , the upper house being the Federation Council of Russia....
  • Soviet
    Soviet (council)

    A soviet originally was a workers' councils in late Imperial Russia. According to the official historiography of the Soviet Union, the first Soviet was organized during the 1905 Russian Revolution in Ivanovo in May 1905....