Question

During the Russian Revolution of 1917, what was the name for the informal councils, like town meetings, where workers, farmers, and soldiers came together to vote and decide issues in a direct, democratic fashion?

Soviets
Bolsheviks
the Duma
NEPs

Answer 1

The best option from the list would be "Dumas" although this was far more known in the Czarist days as being assemblies formed by Czar Nicholas II.