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Commonwealth of Independent States


Commonwealth of Independent States

geographical name

Definition of COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES

association of the former constituent republics of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics except for Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, & Turkmenistan which is an associate member; formed 1991

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