Commonwealth of Independent States

E85809

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 (13)

Label	Occurrences
Commonwealth of Independent States canonical	63
CIS countries	33
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) at formation	1
Commonwealth of Independent States (for some functions)	1
Commonwealth of Independent States (supranational)	1
Commonwealth of Independent States framework	1
Commonwealth of Independent States observer states	1
Commonwealth of Independent States region	1
Russia and CIS	1
Union of Independent Republics	1
post-Soviet space	1
СНГ	1
Содружество Независимых Государств	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T397270 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Commonwealth of Independent States
Context triple: [Kazakhstan, memberOf, Commonwealth of Independent States]

A. Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
The Council for Mutual Economic Assistance was a Soviet-led economic organization that coordinated trade and development among socialist countries during the Cold War.
B. Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was a Cold War-era military alliance of Eastern Bloc socialist states led by the Soviet Union, formed to counterbalance NATO.
C. Collective Security Treaty Organization
The Collective Security Treaty Organization is a Russia-led intergovernmental military alliance of several post-Soviet states focused on mutual defense and regional security.
D. Soviet Union
The Soviet Union was a socialist superpower that dominated Eastern Europe and led the communist bloc during the Cold War.
E. Russian SFSR
The Russian SFSR was the largest and most influential republic of the former Soviet Union, encompassing much of its political, economic, and cultural center.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Commonwealth of Independent States
Target entity description: 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.

A. Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
The Council for Mutual Economic Assistance was a Soviet-led economic organization that coordinated trade and development among socialist countries during the Cold War.
B. Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was a Cold War-era military alliance of Eastern Bloc socialist states led by the Soviet Union, formed to counterbalance NATO.
C. Collective Security Treaty Organization
The Collective Security Treaty Organization is a Russia-led intergovernmental military alliance of several post-Soviet states focused on mutual defense and regional security.
D. Soviet Union
The Soviet Union was a socialist superpower that dominated Eastern Europe and led the communist bloc during the Cold War.
E. Russian SFSR
The Russian SFSR was the largest and most influential republic of the former Soviet Union, encompassing much of its political, economic, and cultural center.
F. None of above. chosen

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	Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan ⓘ linked to: Almaty Belovezhskaya Pushcha, Belarus ⓘ linked to: Belovezhskaya Pushcha
foundingTreaty	Alma-Ata Protocol ⓘ Belavezha Accords ⓘ
hasOrgan	Council of Foreign Ministers ⓘ Council of Heads of Government ⓘ linked to: Council of Heads of State Council of Heads of State ⓘ Economic Council ⓘ Executive Committee ⓘ Interparliamentary Assembly ⓘ linked to: CIS 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	СНГ ⓘ linked to: Commonwealth of Independent States

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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 → post-Soviet space ⓘ

linked to: Commonwealth of Independent States

S7 Airlines → operatesInRegion → CIS countries ⓘ

linked to: Commonwealth of Independent States

Rossiya Airlines → operatesIn → CIS countries ⓘ

linked to: Commonwealth of Independent States

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 → CIS countries ⓘ

linked to: Commonwealth of Independent States

Institute Giprostroymost – Saint Petersburg → regionServed → CIS countries ⓘ

linked to: Commonwealth of Independent States

Faculty of Law, Moscow State University → regionServed → CIS countries ⓘ

subject linked to: Faculty of Law

linked to: Commonwealth of Independent States

Commonwealth of Independent States → usesAbbreviation → СНГ ⓘ

linked to: Commonwealth of Independent States

Unified Team → represented → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ

VTB Bank → serviceArea → CIS countries ⓘ

linked to: Commonwealth of Independent States

Commonwealth of Independent States women's national basketball team → represents → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ

Mail.ru Group → operatesIn → CIS countries ⓘ

linked to: Commonwealth of Independent States

VK → regionServed → CIS countries ⓘ

linked to: Commonwealth of Independent States

Viskuli → eventInvolvedOrganization → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ

Alma-Ata Protocol → established → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ

Alma-Ata Protocol → relatedTo → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ

S7 → regionServed → CIS countries ⓘ

linked to: Commonwealth of Independent States

S7 Group → regionServed → CIS countries ⓘ

linked to: Commonwealth of Independent States

GAZ Group → operatesIn → CIS countries ⓘ

linked to: Commonwealth of Independent States

71-619 → hasOperatorRegion → CIS countries ⓘ

subject linked to: 71-619 tram

linked to: Commonwealth of Independent States

NORDWIND → regionOfOperation → Russia and CIS ⓘ

linked to: Commonwealth of Independent States

RusLine → operatingRegion → CIS countries ⓘ

linked to: Commonwealth of Independent States

Eurasian Economic Union → cooperatesWith → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ

subject linked to: EEU

Post-Soviet states → typicalIntegrationFramework → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ

Организация Договора о коллективной безопасности → cooperatesWith → Содружество Независимых Государств ⓘ

linked to: Commonwealth of Independent States

Collective Security Treaty → signedUnder → Commonwealth of Independent States framework ⓘ

linked to: Commonwealth of Independent States

Commonwealth of Independent States peacekeeping forces → partOf → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ

Pobeda → operatesIn → CIS countries ⓘ

subject linked to: DP

linked to: Commonwealth of Independent States

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 region ⓘ

linked to: Commonwealth of Independent States

CIS Economic Council → locatedIn → Commonwealth of Independent States (supranational) ⓘ

linked to: Commonwealth of Independent States

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 ⓘ

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