commonwealth of independent states

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: cis

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