Belavezha Accords:
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The Belovezh Accords is the agreement that declared that the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) had effectively ceased to exist.
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The agreement was signed in Belovezh (Belarus) in December 1991.
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Belavezha Accords also announced the establishment of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) that would replace the USSR.
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The accord was signed by the leaders of three republics who had earlier signed the 1922 Treaty on the Creation of the USSR.