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1. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991 (synset 108312059)
   is a type of: global organization, international organisation, international organization, world organisation, world organization - an international alliance involving many different countries
   member holonym:

   • russia, russian federation - a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state
   • belarus, belorussia, byelarus, byelorussia, republic of belarus, white russia - a landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European soviet
   • moldavia, moldova, republic of moldova - a landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European soviet but achieved independence in 1991
   • ukraine, ukrayina - a republic in southeastern Europe; formerly a European soviet; the center of the original Russian state which came into existence in the ninth century
   • armenia, hayastan, republic of armenia - a landlocked republic in southwestern Asia; formerly an Asian soviet; modern Armenia is but a fragment of ancient Armenia which was one of the world's oldest civilizations; throughout 2500 years the Armenian people have been invaded and oppressed by their neighbors
   • azerbaijan, azerbaijani republic, azerbajdzhan, azerbajdzhan republic - a landlocked republic in southwestern Asia; formerly an Asian soviet
   • georgia, sakartvelo - a republic in Asia Minor on the Black Sea separated from Russia by the Caucasus mountains; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991
   • kazak, kazakh, kazakhstan, kazakstan, republic of kazakhstan - a landlocked republic to the south of Russia and to the northeast of the Caspian Sea; the original Turkic-speaking inhabitants were overrun by Mongols in the 13th century; an Asian soviet from 1936 to 1991
   • kirghiz, kirghizia, kirghizstan, kirgiz, kirgizia, kirgizstan, kyrgyz republic, kyrgyzstan - a landlocked republic in west central Asia bordering on northwestern China; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991
   • republic of tajikistan, tadjik, tadzhik, tadzhikistan, tajik, tajikistan - a landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia to the north of Afghanistan; formerly an Asian soviet
   • turkmen, turkmenia, turkmenistan, turkomen - a republic in Asia to the east of the Caspian Sea and to the south of Kazakhstan and to the north of Iran; an Asian soviet from 1925 to 1991
   • republic of uzbekistan, uzbek, uzbekistan - a landlocked republic in west central Asia; formerly an Asian soviet
   same as: commonwealth of independent states

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