Individual #Commonwealth_of_Independent_States__CIS  an alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991
  instance of:  #world_organization
  member:  #Russia__Russian_Federation  a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state
  member:  #Belarus__Republic_of_Belarus__Byelarus__Byelorussia__Belorussia__White_Russia  a landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European Soviet
     member:  #Byelorussian__Belorussian__White_Russian  a native or inhabitant of Byelorussia
  member:  #Moldova__Republic_of_Moldava__Moldavia  a landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European Soviet but achieved independence in 1991
  member:  #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
     member:  #Ukranian  a native or inhabitant of the Ukraine
  member:  #Armenia__Republic_of_Armenia__Hayastan  a republic in southwestern Asia; formerly an Asian Soviet; throughout 2500 years the Armenian people have been invaded and oppressed by their neighbors
     member:  #Armenian  a native or inhabitant of Armenia
  member:  #Azerbaijan__Azerbaijani_Republic__Azerbajdzhan__Azerbajdzhan_Republic  a landlocked republic in southwestern Asia; formerly an Asian Soviet
  member:  #Sakartvelo__Georgia  a republic in Asia Minor on the Black Sea separated from Russia by the Caucasus mountains; a provisional military government; formerly an Asian Soviet
     member:  #Georgian.Russian__georgian  a native or inhabitant of Asian Georgia
  member:  #Kazakhstan__Republic_of_Kazakhstan__Kazakstan__Kazakh__Kazak  a landlocked republic south of Russia and 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
  member:  #Kyrgystan__Kyrgyz_Republic__Kirghizia__Kirgizia__Kirghiz__Kirgiz__Kirghizstan__Kirgizstan  a landlocked republic in west central Asia bordering on northwestern China; formerly an Asian Soviet
  member:  #Tajikistan__Republic_of_Tajikistan__Tadzhikistan__Tadzhik__Tadjik__Tajik  a landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia north of Afghanistan; formerly an Asian Soviet
  member:  #Turkmenistan__Turkomen__Turkmen__Turkmenia  a republic in Asia east of the Caspian Sea and south of Kazakhstan and north of Iran; an Asian Soviet from 1925 to 1991
  member:  #Uzbekistan__Republic_of_Uzbekistan__Uzbek  a landlocked republic in west central Asia; formerly an Asian Soviet

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