Commonwealth of Independent States
Appearance
English
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Proper noun
[edit]the Commonwealth of Independent States
- An alliance and confederation of nine former Soviet republics: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan formed as a successor to the Soviet Union.
Synonyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]alliance of former Soviet republics
Further reading
[edit]- CIS Commonwealth of Independent States time zones map and current local time in CIS countries.