The Appalachian Region consists of 13 states, from Southern New York to Northern Mississippi. (Appalachian Regional Commission. 2025. About the Appalachian Region https://www.arc.gov/about-the-appalachian-region/)
Goats are domesticated animals of the species Capra hircus, kept in flocks mainly for their milk, wool or meat. (Adapted from Eurostat, 2023. Sheep. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Glossary:Sheep)
Part of USSR before 1992; for documents dealing with that region before the change of status use <4890>. Short name Moldova changed back to Republic of Moldova on 09.09.2008
The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) is a regional intergovernmental organization focused on cooperation on political, economic, environmental, humanitarian, cultural and other issues between a number of former Soviet Republics. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, 2024. Commonwealth of Independent States. https://mfa.gov.by/en/mulateral/organization/list/c2bd4cebdf6bd9f9.html)
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Geographical area of the former USSR, with the exception of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Georgia
