People's Socialist Republic of Albania | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-10-04

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00:01:58 1 Consolidation of power and initial reforms
00:06:57 2 Albanian–Yugoslav tensions
00:13:57 3 Deteriorating relations with the West
00:16:45 4 In the Soviet sphere
00:23:38 5 In the Chinese sphere
00:30:10 5.1 Withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact
00:31:26 5.2 Cultural and Ideological Revolution
00:36:37 6 Self-reliance
00:41:41 7 Transition
00:44:25 8 Legacy
00:45:03 9 List of leaders
00:45:51 10 Military
00:46:29 11 See also



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Albania ( (listen), a(w)l-BAY-nee-ə; Albanian: Shqipëri/Shqipëria; Gheg Albanian: Shqipni/Shqipnia, Shqypni/Shqypnia), officially as the People's Socialist Republic of Albania (Albanian: Republika Popullore Socialiste e Shqipërisë), was ruled by a Marxist-Leninist government from 1946 to 1992. From 1944 to 1946, it was known as the Democratic Government of Albania and from 1946 to 1976 as the People's Republic of Albania.
Throughout this period, the country had a reputation for its Stalinist style of state administration influenced by Enver Hoxha and the Party of Labour of Albania and for policies stressing national unity and self-reliance. Travel and visa restrictions made Albania one of the most difficult countries to visit or from which to travel. In 1967, it declared itself the world's first atheist state. But after the end of its communist regime in 1991, the practice of religion slowly increased. It was the only Warsaw Pact member to formally withdraw from the alliance before 1990, an action occasioned by the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968. The government implemented reforms aimed at modernization and resulted in significant gains in the areas of industry, agriculture, education, the arts, and culture, which contributed to a general increase in the standard of living. However, these developments coincided with political repression by the secret police, the Sigurimi, for the purposes of preventing counter-revolution, which included dismissal from employment, forced labor camps and executions. The first multi-party elections in Socialist Albania took place on 31 March 1991 – the Communists gained a majority in an interim government and the first parliamentary elections were held on 22 March 1992. The People's Socialist Republic was officially dissolved on 28 November 1998 upon the adoption of the new Constitution of Albania.