Rada

For other uses, see Rada (disambiguation).

Rada is the term for "parliament" or "assembly" or another "council" in several Slavic countries. Normally it is translated as "council". Sometimes it corresponds to "parliament", or in Soviet Union contexts, to "soviet". It also carries a meaning of advice as in the English word counsel.

Etymology

From Old High German rāt, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaz passed (possibly through Polish) into Czech, Slovak, Ukrainian, Belarusian and Russian languages.

Råd in Norwegian/Danish/Swedish means "council" or "assembly" but also "advice", as it does in East Slavic (except Russian) and West Slavic, but not in South Slavic languages.
In Norwegian/Danish/Swedish Råda is the verb of the substantive Råd.

Examples

In Belarus

• Rada BNR, provisional parliament of the Belarusian Democratic Republic (now in exile)

In Czech Republic

• Česká národní rada, parliament of the Czech Socialist Republic (1969–1990) and the Czech Republic (1990–1992)

In Poland

• Rada Główna Opiekuńcza (Central Welfare Council)
• Rada Jedności Narodowej (Council of National Unity)
• Rada Polityki Pieniężnej (Monetary Policy Council)
• Rada Trzech (Council of Three)

In Slovakia

• Slovenská národná rada (1848–1849)
• Slovenská národná rada (1941)
• Slovenská národná rada (1918)
• Slovenská národná rada (1920)
• Slovenská národná rada (1932)
• Slovenská národná rada (1939–1940)
• Slovenská národná rada (1943–1960)
• Slovenská národná rada (1943–1992)
• Národná rada Slovenskej republiky, the parliament of the Slovak Republic (1992–)

In Ukraine

• Sich Rada (Council of Zaporizhian Sich), Cossack Rada
• Tsentralna Rada (Central Council), parliament of the Ukrainian People's Republic
• Verkhovna Rada (Supreme Council), the parliament of Ukraine

Historically, the Verkhovna Rada was also the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (Українська Радянська Соціалістична Республіка [УРСР], Ukrayins'ka Radyans'ka Sotsialistychna Respublika [URSR]), which was itself part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Союз Радянських Соціалістичних Республік, [СРСР]), the word rada replacing the Russian word soviet in both cases. See official names of the Soviet Union.

Other

RADA may also refer to:

• Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

See also

• Råda in Sweden
• Sejm (disambiguation)
• Duma
• State Duma
• Soviet
• De Rada (disambiguation), a Spanish and Italian surname