The term ELECTED COUNCIL IN A COMMUNIST COUNTRY can be summarized as a council that is elected by the people in a communist country, such as the SOVIET Union. The SOVIET Union was a single-party Marxist-Leninist state that existed from 1922 to 1991. It was governed by the Communist Party of the SOVIET Union and its leader, the General Secretary. The SOVIET Union had a system of elected councils, known as soviets, which were responsible for local government.