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Commonwealth of Independent States
geographical name
Definition of COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES
association formed in 1991 by the former constituent republics of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics except for Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia; Turkmenistan changed to associate member status in 2005; Georgia withdrew in 2009
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