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1. an alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991 (noun.group)
| member holonym | : | russia, russian federation, |
| definition | : | a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state (noun.location) |
| member holonym | : | moldavia, moldova, republic of moldova, |
| definition | : | a landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European soviet but achieved independence in 1991 (noun.location) |
| member holonym | : | ukraine, ukrayina, |
| definition | : | a republic in southeastern Europe; formerly a European soviet; the center of the original Russian state which came into existence in the ninth century (noun.location) |
| member holonym | : | armenia, hayastan, republic of armenia, |
| definition | : | a landlocked republic in southwestern Asia; formerly an Asian soviet; modern Armenia is but a fragment of ancient Armenia which was one of the world's oldest civilizations; throughout 2500 years the Armenian people have been invaded and oppressed by their neighbors (noun.location) |
| member holonym | : | georgia, sakartvelo, |
| definition | : | a republic in Asia Minor on the Black Sea separated from Russia by the Caucasus mountains; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991 (noun.location) |
| member holonym | : | kazak, kazakh, kazakhstan, kazakstan, republic of kazakhstan, |
| definition | : | a landlocked republic to the south of Russia and to the northeast of the Caspian Sea; the original Turkic-speaking inhabitants were overrun by Mongols in the 13th century; an Asian soviet from 1936 to 1991 (noun.location) |
| member holonym | : | turkmen, turkmenia, turkmenistan, turkomen, |
| definition | : | a republic in Asia to the east of the Caspian Sea and to the south of Kazakhstan and to the north of Iran; an Asian soviet from 1925 to 1991 (noun.location) |
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