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Also Known As	CIS • Sodruzhestvo Nezavisimykh Gosudarstv
Date	December 21, 1991 - present
Areas Of Involvement	policy
Related People	Boris Yeltsin

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Map highlighting the member countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States in orange, including Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan, spanning Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Surrounding countries and bodies of water are shown for geographic context.

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