<sod>In the [[Soviet Union]], the [[State Supervisory Commission for Flight Safety]] (Gosavianadzor), under the [[Council of Ministers (Soviet Union)|Council of Ministers]],<ref name=Accinv>{{cite web|author=Kutskov, Alexey|title=Investigating Foreign Aircraft Accidents In the U.S.S.R.|url=http://flightsafety.org/fsd/fsd_dec90.pdf|work=Flight Safety Digest|publisher=[[Flight Safety Foundation]]|accessdate=2 February 2013|date=December 1990|page=4}} ([http://www.webcitation.org/6E8X4T9um Archive])</ref> was the predecessor of the IAC.<ref>"[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=BBAB&d_place=BBAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10292A1AE6203E62&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Russian Duma calls for more state control over aviation safety]." Vremya Novostey, Moscow, in the [[BBC]] Archive (BBC Monitoring International Reports). May 13, 2004. "[...]former USSR republics back in December 1991, is considered the successor to the USSR State Commission for Oversight of Aircraft Safety (Gosavianadzor)."</ref> The Gosavianadzor conducted aircraft accident and incident investigations.<ref name=Accinv/> The IAC was established in 1991, when 12 states of the former [[Soviet Union]] signed the Civil Aviation and Airspace Use Treaty,<ref>{{cite web|url=//web.archive.org/web/20110721223113/http://www.aviation.am/eng/qart/history.htm|title=History |publisher=General Department of Civil Aviation at the Government of the Republic of Armenia|accessdate=2010-04-26}}</ref> in [[Minsk]] on 25 December 1991.<eod>
<sod>In the [[Soviet Union]], the [[State Supervisory Commission for Flight Safety]] (Gosavianadzor), under the [[Council of Ministers (Soviet Union)|Council of Ministers]],<ref name=Accinv>{{cite web|author=Kutskov, Alexey|title=Investigating Foreign Aircraft Accidents In the U.S.S.R.|url=http://flightsafety.org/fsd/fsd_dec90.pdf|work=Flight Safety Digest|publisher=[[Flight Safety Foundation]]|accessdate=2 February 2013|date=December 1990|page=4}} ([http://www.webcitation.org/6E8X4T9um Archive])</ref> was the predecessor of the IAC.<ref>"[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=BBAB&d_place=BBAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10292A1AE6203E62&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Russian Duma calls for more state control over aviation safety]." Vremya Novostey, Moscow, in the [[BBC]] Archive (BBC Monitoring International Reports). May 13, 2004. "[...]former USSR republics back in December 1991, is considered the successor to the USSR State Commission for Oversight of Aircraft Safety (Gosavianadzor)."</ref> The Gosavianadzor conducted aircraft accident and incident investigations.<ref name=Accinv/> The IAC was established in 1991, when 12 states of the former [[Soviet Union]] signed the Civil Aviation and Airspace Use Treaty,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aviation.am/eng/qart/history.htm |title=History |publisher=General Department of Civil Aviation at the Government of the Republic of Armenia |accessdate=2010-04-26 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721223113/http://www.aviation.am/eng/qart/history.htm |archivedate=July 21, 2011 }}</ref> in [[Minsk]] on 25 December 1991.<eod>