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Information: - The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), also called the Russian Commonwealth (to distinguish it from the British Commonwealth of Nations), is a regional organization formed during the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Nine out of the 15 former Soviet Republics are member states, and two are associate members (Ukraine and Turkmenistan). Georgia withdrew its membership in 2008, while the Baltic states (Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia) refused to participate. - Minsk Region or Minsk Voblas or Minsk Oblast ("Minskaja voblas" "Minskaja oblastj") is one of the regions of Belarus. Its administrative center is Minsk, although it is a separate administrative territorial entity of Belarus. As of 2011, the region's population is 1,411,500. - Minsk (; is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Belarus, situated on the Svislach and Nyamiha rivers. It is the administrative centre of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). As the national capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the administrative centre of Minsk Region (voblast) and Minsk raion (district). In 2013, it had a population of 2,002,600. - George Tsisetski ( also Grzegorz Cisiecki ) ( born 24 November 1985 in Minsk ) is a Polish film director , screenwriter , dramatist and visual artist . Known for his surrealist films . - The history of comics has followed different paths in different cultures. Scholars have posited a pre-history as far back as the Lascaux cave paintings. By the mid-20th century, comics flourished particularly in the United States, western Europe (especially in France and Belgium), and Japan. The history of European comics is often traced to Rodolphe Topffer's cartoon strips of the 1830s, and became popular following the success in the 1930s of strips and books such as "The Adventures of Tintin". American comics emerged as a mass medium in the early 20th century with the advent of newspaper comic strips; magazine-style comic books followed in the 1930s, in which the superhero genre became prominent after Superman appeared in 1938. Histories of Japanese comics and cartooning ("") propose origins as early as the 12th century. Modern comic strips emerged in Japan in the early 20th century, and the output of comics magazines and books rapidly expanded in the post-World WarII era with the popularity of cartoonists such as Osamu Tezuka. had a lowbrow reputation for much of its history, but towards the end of the 20th century began to find greater acceptance with the public and in academia. - Belarus ( lat. ', ), officially the Republic of Belarus, formerly known by its Russian name Byelorussia (though this name is no longer used in Belarus itself, even in Russian language), is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe bordered by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital and most populous city is Minsk. Over 40% of its is forested. Its strongest economic sectors are service industries and manufacturing. Until the 20th century, different states at various times controlled the lands of modern-day Belarus, including the Principality of Polotsk (11th to 14th centuries), the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the PolishLithuanian Commonwealth, and the Russian Empire. - A screenplay writer, screenwriter for short, scriptwriter or scenarist is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media such as films, television programs, comics or video games are based. - A writer is a person who uses written words in various styles and techniques to communicate their ideas. Writers produce various forms of literary art and creative writing such as novels, short stories, poetry, plays, screenplays, and essays as well as various reports and news articles that may be of interest to the public. Writers' texts are published across a range of media. Skilled writers who are able to use language to express ideas well often contribute significantly to the cultural content of a society. The word is also used elsewhere in the arts such as songwriter but as a standalone term, "writer" normally refers to the creation of written language. Some writers work from an oral tradition. After reading the paragraphs above, we are interested in knowing the entity with which 'george tsisetski' exhibits the relationship of 'country of citizenship'. Find the answer from the choices below. Choices: - belarus - belgium - british - estonia - france - georgia - japan - turkmenistan - ukraine - writer
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belarus

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Information: - Silas Halsey (October 6, 1743 old style November 19, 1832) was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Southampton, he attended the public schools and studied medicine at Elizabethtown, New Jersey (later Elizabeth.) He returned to Southampton and practiced medicine from 1764 to 1776; he then resided three years in Killingworth, Connecticut during the American Revolutionary War, when he again returned to Southampton. He was undersheriff of Suffolk County from 1784 to 1787, and was sheriff from 1787 to 1792. He moved to Herkimer County in 1793 and settled in what is now the town of Lodi and continued the practice of medicine. He also erected and operated a grist mill. - Nicoll Halsey ( March 8 , 1782 -- March 3 , 1865 ) was a U.S. Representative from New York , son of Silas Halsey and brother of Jehiel Howell Halsey . Born in Southampton , New York , Halsey moved to Herkimer County in 1793 with his parents , who settled in what is now the town of Lodi , New York . He attended the common schools . He moved to Tompkins County and settled near Trumansburg in 1808 . He engaged in agricultural pursuits and milling . Supervisor for Ulysses , New York in 1812 , 1814 , 1815 , 1818 , 1821 , and 1826 . He served as member of the State assembly in 1816 and again in 1824 . Sheriff of Tompkins County 1819 -- 1821 . Halsey was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty - third Congress ( March 4 , 1833 -- March 3 , 1835 ) . He was not a candidate for renomination in 1834 . He was appointed judge of the Tompkins County Court on February 11 , 1834 . He resumed the milling business . He died while on a visit in Marshall , Michigan , March 3 , 1865 . He was interred in Grove Cemetery , Trumansburg , New York . - A sheriff is a government official, with varying duties, existing in some countries with historical ties to England, where the office originated. There is an analogous although independently developed office in Iceland that is commonly translated to English as "sheriff," and this is discussed below. After reading the paragraphs above, we are interested in knowing the entity with which 'nicoll halsey' exhibits the relationship of 'position held'. Find the answer from the choices below. Choices: - sheriff - united states representative - york
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united states representative