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Newly Independent States

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New·ly Independent States  (nl, ny-)
Abbr. NIS
The countries that until 1991 were constituent republics of the USSR, including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. The term can also include Russia and sometimes Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
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After the breakup of the USSR, three newly independent states - Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan - bordering the Caspian Sea appeared on the scene, with their own demands.
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