Commonwealth of Independent States, n.
an alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991
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CIS Commonwealth of Independent States
semantic pointers
hypernym
member meronym
Russia, Russian Federation
Belarus, Republic of Belarus, Byelarus, Byelorussia, Belorussia, White Russia
Moldova, Republic of Moldova, Moldavia
Ukraine, Ukrayina
Armenia, Republic of Armenia, Hayastan
Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani Republic, Azerbajdzhan, Azerbajdzhan Republic
Georgia, Sakartvelo
Kazakhstan, Republic of Kazakhstan, Kazakstan, Kazakh, Kazak
Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Kirghizia, Kirgizia, Kirghiz, Kirgiz, Kirghizstan, Kirgizstan
Tajikistan, Republic of Tajikistan, Tadzhikistan, Tadzhik, Tadjik, Tajik
Turkmenistan, Turkomen, Turkmen, Turkmenia
Uzbekistan, Republic of Uzbekistan, Uzbek