Outside Russia
The term soon came to be used outside the former Russian Empire following 1917. The Limerick Soviet was formed in Ireland 1919. A soviet republic was established in Bavaria on 7 April 1919. In 1920, the Workers' Dreadnought published “A Constitution for British Soviets” in preparation for the launch of the Communist Party (British Section of the Third International). Here the focus was on “household” soviets “n order that mothers and those who are organisers of the family life of the community may be adequately represented.”
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