Sentence:  It would also be incorrect to creat a "scale of Sovietism", arguing, say, that Gildin was more <WSD>Soviet</WSD> than Litvakov, or that Litvakov was more <WSD>Soviet</WSD> than Dobrushin. Essentially, they were equally <WSD>Soviet</WSD>, even if they saw their Sovietism rather differently: ... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Supporting or representing the Soviet Union or Sovietism; Sovietist.