Commonwealth of Independent States

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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.

All labels observed (11)

How this entity was disambiguated

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

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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 ⓘ
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
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 ⓘ