[tired&retired]

“Read the history of October 1917 and the establishment of “councils”.”

Please elaborate.

[C210N]

Websters:

soviet, noun, “any governmental council”

Councils were the mechanism for the start of the Soviet Union.

[Dr. Ursus]

Hint: Russia

[buckalfa]

"Read the history of October 1917 and the establishment of “councils”.”"

Please elaborate.

The councils, or soviets, were organizations instituted by the Bolsheviks during the 1917 revolution to institute communist rule, replacing existing government and policing functions. History does not necessarily repeat itself but often rhymes