CIS, Commonwealth of Independent States - an alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991

Asian country, Asian nation - countries occupying the Asian continent

Anatolia, Asia Minor - a peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey

Tbilisi, Tiflis, capital of Georgia - the capital and largest city of Georgia on the Kura river

Abkhazia, Abkhaz - an autonomous province of Georgia on the Black Sea; a strong independence movement has resulted in much instability

Adzhar, Adzharia - an autonomous province of Georgia on the Black Sea

Georgian - a native or inhabitant of Georgia in Asia