Commonwealth of Independent States

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Commonwealth_of_Independent_States

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:nonprofit_organization
gptkbp:abbreviation	gptkb:CIS
gptkbp:annualEvent	gptkb:CIS_Heads_of_Government_Council gptkb:CIS_Heads_of_State_Council
gptkbp:currency	various (no single currency)
gptkbp:emblem	Emblem of the Commonwealth of Independent States.svg
gptkbp:established	dissolution of the Soviet Union
gptkbp:flag	Flag of the Commonwealth of Independent States.svg
gptkbp:founded	1991
gptkbp:founder	gptkb:Belarus gptkb:Russia gptkb:Ukraine
gptkbp:foundingDocument	gptkb:Belavezha_Accords
gptkbp:headquarters_location	gptkb:Minsk
gptkbp:headquartersLocation	gptkb:Belarus
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Commonwealth of Independent States
gptkbp:largest_member_by_area	gptkb:Russia
gptkbp:largest_member_by_population	gptkb:Russia
gptkbp:leader	gptkb:Sergey_Lebedev
gptkbp:leaderTitle	Chairman of the Executive Committee
gptkbp:main_decision-making_body	gptkb:Council_of_Heads_of_State
gptkbp:main_executive_body	gptkb:Executive_Committee
gptkbp:main_legislative_body	gptkb:Interparliamentary_Assembly
gptkbp:memberState	gptkb:Armenia gptkb:Azerbaijan gptkb:Belarus gptkb:Kazakhstan gptkb:Kyrgyzstan gptkb:Moldova gptkb:Russia gptkb:Tajikistan gptkb:Uzbekistan
gptkbp:observerState	gptkb:Turkmenistan
gptkbp:officialLanguage	gptkb:Russian
gptkbp:organization	gptkb:nonprofit_organization
gptkbp:pastMember	gptkb:Georgia gptkb:Turkmenistan gptkb:Ukraine
gptkbp:population	over 240 million (approximate, varies by membership)
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:purpose	cooperation in political, economic, environmental, humanitarian, cultural and other fields
gptkbp:recognizedBy	some international organizations as a legal successor to the USSR
gptkbp:region	gptkb:post-Soviet_states
gptkbp:relatedOrganization	gptkb:Eurasian_Economic_Union gptkb:GUAM gptkb:Collective_Security_Treaty_Organization
gptkbp:security_cooperation	CIS Collective Security Treaty (until 2002)
gptkbp:servesArea	gptkb:Eurasia
gptkbp:website	http://www.cis.minsk.by/
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Azerbaijan gptkb:СНГ
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4