Concept information
Preferred term
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 (CIS)]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Commonwealth_of_Independent_States
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