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==Communist era==
==Communist era==
From 1944 to 1991 Albania was a [[Communist]] nation known as one of the most extreme and isolationist of the Communist states. [[Enver Hoxha]] ruled from 1944 to his death in 1985. A hard-line [[Stalinism|Stalinist]], Hoxha denounced the [[Soviet Union]] as insufficiently hard-line in 1961 and broke off relations with the Soviet Bloc. This led to a short-lived alliance between Albania and Communist [[China]] under [[Mao]], which ended with Hoxha began criticizing the [[Cultural Revolution]] and then broke ties completely in 1978, denouncing China in much the same way he had the Soviet Union. Albania's isolation from the rest of the world led to widespread poverty and backward technological development if at all. At the time, Albania was the poorest country in Europe. However, Hoxha died in 1985 and within five years anti-Communist demonstrations were openly held in the streets, around the same time similar anti-Communist revolutions were occurring in countries like [[East Germany]], [[Poland]], and [[Romania]]. In 1991 the government gave in and allowed multiparty elections.
From 1944 to 1991 Albania was a [[Communist]] nation known as one of the most extreme and isolationist of the Communist states. [[Enver Hoxha]] ruled from 1944 to his death in 1985. A hard-line [[Stalinism|Stalinist]], Hoxha denounced the [[Soviet Union]] as insufficiently hard-line in 1961 and broke off relations with the Soviet Bloc. This led to a short-lived alliance between Albania and Communist [[China]] under [[Mao]], which ended with Hoxha began criticizing the [[Cultural Revolution]] and then broke ties completely in 1978, denouncing China in much the same way he had the Soviet Union. Albania's isolation from the rest of the world led to widespread poverty and backward technological development if at all. At the time, Albania was the poorest country in Europe. However, Hoxha died in 1985 and within five years anti-Communist demonstrations were openly held in the streets, around the same time similar anti-Communist revolutions were occurring in countries like [[East Germany]], [[Poland]], and [[Romania]]. In 1991 the government gave in and allowed multiparty elections.
In 1967, Hoxha banned all [[religions]] from Albania, earning himself the dubious distinction of being the first person in history to ban religion from an entire nation. He also outlawed the ownership of private property <ref>http://www.hrw.org/summaries/s.albania963.html</ref>.
==References==
==References==