Rada
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For other uses, see Rada (disambiguation).
Rada is the term for "council" or "assembly" borrowed by Polish from the Middle High German "Rat" (council) and later passed into the Czech, Ukrainian, and Belarusian languages.
Normally it is translated as "council". Sometimes it corresponds to "parliament", or in Soviet Union contexts, to "soviet".
[edit] Examples
- Verkhovna Rada, the parliament of Ukraine
- Rada Glowna Opiekuncza, Poland
- Rada Jednosci Narodowej, Poland
- Rada Polityki Pieniężnej, Poland
- Rada Trzech, Poland
- Sich Rada
- Ukrainian National Council
