rada of 1663 Tsentralna Rada ("Central Council"), parliament of the Ukrainian People's Republic Verkhovna Rada Ukrainskoi RSR, the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Verkhovna Rada ("Supreme Council"), the parliament of Ukraine Verkhovna Rada building Rada TV Verkhovna Rada of Crimea Kyivska miska rada, Kyiv City Council 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. References Legislatures pl:Rada ru:Рада