Rada - Definition and Overview

Rada is the term for "council" or "assembly" borrowed by Polish from Middle High German "Rat" (council) and later passed into Czech, Ukrainian, and Belarusian languages.

Normally it is translated as "council", sometimes it corresponds to "parliament" or in Soviet Union/Eastern bloc contexts, "Soviet".

Examples:

• Verkhovna Rada, the parliament of Ukraine
• Rada Glowna Opiekuncza, Poland
• Rada Jednosci Narodowej, Poland
• Rada Trzech, Poland
• Sich Rada

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• Sejm
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• Royal Academy of Dramatic Art