Rada

For other uses, see Rada (disambiguation).

Rada is the term for "council" or "assembly" borrowed by Polish from the Low Franconian "Rad" (council) and later passed into the Czech, Ukrainian, and Belarusian languages.

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.

Råd in Norwegian/Danish/Swedish means "council" or "assembly" but also "advice". Råda is the verb of the substantive Råd. Due to the similarities both in spelling and in meaning it is not unlikely that "Råda" and "Rada" is of same origin.

Examples

In Belarus

• BNR Rada, government of the Belarusian National Republic (now in exile)

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 Ukraine

• Sich Rada (Council of Zaporizhian Sich)
• 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
• Duma
• State Duma
• Soviet
• de Rada, a Spanish and Italian surname
• Rada is also a line from Chowder (TV series) "Snitzel" character, usually saying "RADA RADA!" in order to communicate with others.