Selsoviet (Russian:сельсовет, tr.selsovet;IPA: [ˈsʲelʲsɐˈvʲɛt]; Ukrainian:сільрада, silrada) is a shortened name for a rural council. The full names for the term are, in Belarusian:се́льскi Саве́т, Russian:се́льский Сове́т, Ukrainian:сільська́ ра́да. Selsoviets were the lowest level of administrative division in rural areas in the Soviet Union. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, they were preserved as a third tier of administrative-territorial division throughout Ukraine, Belarus, and some of the federal subjects of Russia.