Commonwealth of Independent States

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international organization regional intergovernmental organization

The Commonwealth of Independent States is a regional intergovernmental organization formed after the dissolution of the Soviet Union to facilitate cooperation among several former Soviet republics in areas such as trade, security, and political coordination.

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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
Commonwealth of Independent States canonical 46
CIS countries 15
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) at formation 1

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf international organization ⓘ
regional intergovernmental organization ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
cooperationArea collective security ⓘ
culture ⓘ
customs policy ⓘ
education ⓘ
humanitarian cooperation ⓘ
migration policy ⓘ
trade ⓘ
currency no single common currency ⓘ
executiveBody CIS Executive Committee ⓘ
formerMemberState Georgia ⓘ
Ukraine ⓘ
foundedAfter dissolution of the Soviet Union ⓘ
founder Belarus ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
Ukraine ⓘ
foundingDate 21 December 1991 ⓘ
8 December 1991 ⓘ
foundingLocation Almaty ⓘ
surface form: Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan

Belovezhskaya Pushcha ⓘ
surface form: Belovezhskaya Pushcha, Belarus
foundingTreaty Alma-Ata Protocol ⓘ
Belavezha Accords ⓘ
hasOrgan Council of Foreign Ministers ⓘ
Council of Heads of State ⓘ
surface form: Council of Heads of Government

Council of Heads of State ⓘ
Economic Council ⓘ
Executive Committee ⓘ
CIS Interparliamentary Assembly ⓘ
surface form: Interparliamentary Assembly
headquartersCountry Belarus ⓘ
headquartersLocation Minsk ⓘ
inception 1991 ⓘ
legalStatus subject of international law ⓘ
memberState Armenia ⓘ
Azerbaijan ⓘ
Belarus ⓘ
Kazakhstan ⓘ
Kyrgyzstan ⓘ
Moldova ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
Tajikistan ⓘ
Uzbekistan ⓘ
observerState Turkmenistan ⓘ
officialLanguage Russian ⓘ
primaryPurpose economic cooperation ⓘ
political coordination ⓘ
security cooperation ⓘ
regionServed Eurasia ⓘ
replaced Soviet Union as a framework for cooperation among former republics ⓘ
securityStructureLinked Collective Security Treaty Organization ⓘ
shortName CIS ⓘ
sportsEvent CIS Games ⓘ
usesAbbreviation Commonwealth of Independent States self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: СНГ

Referenced by (70)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kazakhstan → memberOf → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ
Belarus → memberOf → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ
Kyrgyzstan → memberOf → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ
Tajikistan → partOf → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ
Moldova → regionalOrganizationMembership → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ
Azerbaijan → memberOf → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ
Belavezha Accords → createdEntity → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ
Belavezha Accords → regionAffected → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ
this entity surface form: post-Soviet space
S7 Airlines → operatesInRegion → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ
this entity surface form: CIS countries
Rossiya Airlines → operatesIn → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ
this entity surface form: CIS countries
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation → cooperatesWith → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ
Russia–Georgia relations → involvesOrganization → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ
Declaration No. 142-Н of the Soviet of Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR → relatedOrganization → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ
Yandex Browser → targetMarket → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ
this entity surface form: CIS countries
Institute Giprostroymost – Saint Petersburg → regionServed → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ
this entity surface form: CIS countries
Faculty of Law → regionServed → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ
subject surface form: Faculty of Law, Moscow State University
this entity surface form: CIS countries
Commonwealth of Independent States → usesAbbreviation → Commonwealth of Independent States self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: СНГ
Unified Team → represented → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ
VTB Bank → serviceArea → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ
this entity surface form: CIS countries
Commonwealth of Independent States women's national basketball team → represents → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ
Mail.ru Group → operatesIn → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ
this entity surface form: CIS countries
VK → regionServed → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ
this entity surface form: CIS countries
Viskuli → eventInvolvedOrganization → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ
Alma-Ata Protocol → established → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ
Alma-Ata Protocol → relatedTo → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ
S7 → regionServed → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ
this entity surface form: CIS countries
S7 Group → regionServed → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ
this entity surface form: CIS countries
GAZ Group → operatesIn → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ
this entity surface form: CIS countries
71-619 tram → hasOperatorRegion → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ
subject surface form: 71-619
this entity surface form: CIS countries
NORDWIND → regionOfOperation → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russia and CIS
RusLine → operatingRegion → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ
this entity surface form: CIS countries
EEU → cooperatesWith → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ
subject surface form: Eurasian Economic Union
Post-Soviet states → typicalIntegrationFramework → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ
Организация Договора о коллективной безопасности → cooperatesWith → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Содружество Независимых Государств
Collective Security Treaty → signedUnder → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commonwealth of Independent States framework
Commonwealth of Independent States peacekeeping forces → partOf → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ
DP → operatesIn → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ
subject surface form: Pobeda
this entity surface form: CIS countries
Council of Heads of State of the CIS → partOf → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ
Council of Heads of State of the CIS → appliesToJurisdiction → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ
CIS Executive Committee → partOf → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ
CIS Executive Committee → appliesToJurisdiction → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ
CIS Interparliamentary Assembly → parentOrganization → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ
CIS Interparliamentary Assembly → regionServed → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ
CIS Economic Council → partOf → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ
CIS Economic Council → appliesToTerritory → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commonwealth of Independent States region
CIS Economic Council → locatedIn → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commonwealth of Independent States (supranational)
CIS Council of Foreign Ministers → partOf → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ
CIS Council of Foreign Ministers → parentOrganization → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ
Council of Heads of Government of the CIS → partOf → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ
Council of Heads of Government of the CIS → country → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ