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Please define the following in a very brief explanation:

Soviet Union -
Flanders -
Yugoslavia -
Rhodesia -
HoChi Minh -
Kosovo -

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Soviet Union was a federative state consisting of the 15 republics from eastern Europe and Asia. It was a socialist state led by the Communist party and made after the October Revolution. Its capital was Moscow, the present capital of Russia

Flanders is also known as the Flemish region, and it is one of the 3 Belgium regions. It is located in the north of the country. The language is spoken there is Dutch.

Yugoslavia was a country in southeastern Europe. Previously a kingdom, Yugoslavia became a republic after World war II and was made up of 6 countries and two autonomous provinces. It broke up in 1992, and the name was officially changed in 2003. The capital was Belgrade, the present capital of Serbia. Josip Broz Tito was the most famous president.

Rhodesia was an unrecognized and self-proclaimed state in southwestern Africa. It existed in 1965. to 1979, and all the time during its existence there was a civil war going on. It was finally recognized as the Republic of Zimbabwe in 1980.

HoChi Minh was the Primer minister and later the president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam or North Vietnam. He was a communist leader and revolutionary. He was the president during the large part of the Vietnam War, fighting against the United States and their troops.

Kosovo is a disputed territory in the southern-eastern region in Europe. It is partially recognized as an independent state and partially as an autochthonous part of Serbia. It declared independence in 2008, and since then has been diplomatically recognized by 98 out of 193 members of the UN. However, the independence is still subject to dispute, by Serbia as well as by many other states fearing for the regions that might declare independence themselves. Its capital is Pristina and official languages are Albanian and Serbian.

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