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contexts > geographicals > historical geographic locations > Commonwealth of Independent States

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Commonwealth of Independent States  

Definition

  • State established as the successor to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) after the fall of the Soviet Communist government. The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) was established by treaty on December 8, 1991, in Minsk, Belarus. [Source: Encyclopedia of United States National Security; Commonwealth of Independent States]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-CRQNC0T9-T

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