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5 Soviet Asian Republics Agree to Join Slavic Commonwealth : Alliance: Action by the Muslim areas heightens chances that new grouping will ultimately encompass the old Soviet Union. Gorbachev's resignation is closer to reality.

December 14, 1991 | ELIZABETH SHOGREN, TIMES STAFF WRITER

The presidents of five Soviet Central Asian republics agreed Friday that they will join the Commonwealth of Independent States proclaimed by the leaders of the old Soviet Union's big-three Slavic republics. Their action heightens the chances that the burgeoning commonwealth will ultimately encompass most of the same territory embraced by the old Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and speeds the moment when Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev is expected to resign his post.

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5 Soviet Asian Republics Agree to Join Slavic Commonwealth : Alliance: Action by the Muslim areas heightens chances that new grouping will ultimately encompass the old Soviet Union. Gorbachev's resignation is closer to reality.

December 14, 1991 | ELIZABETH SHOGREN, TIMES STAFF WRITER

The presidents of five Soviet Central Asian republics agreed Friday that they will join the Commonwealth of Independent States proclaimed by the leaders of the old Soviet Union's big-three Slavic republics. Their action heightens the chances that the burgeoning commonwealth will ultimately encompass most of the same territory embraced by the old Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and speeds the moment when Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev is expected to resign his post.

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