(history) Short for ソビエト社会主義共和国連邦 (Sobieto Shakai Shugi Kyōwakoku Renpō, “Union of Soviet Socialist Republics”); Soviet Union (a former country)

credit union

agriculture

sovkhoz

cooperation, collaboration

to work in cooperation with

one thing

(historical) soviet (a form of government in Russia and the ex-USSR since 1905)

Short for ソビエト社会主義共和国連邦 (Sobieto Shakai Shugi Kyōwakoku Renpō, “Union of Soviet Socialist Republics”).

a group of people with common objectives and goals who work together towards that end; an association, a union