SOCIALIST

ALBANIA
(1945-1991)
Albania after WW2 had
become a communist state, led by Enver
Hoxha. Hoxhaism was very similar to
Stalinism.

Albania was in the Warsaw Pact and Comecon

until 1961, and after this it sought close ties
with Maoist China. By 1971, Albania had cut
ties to China and the 70s and 80s saw Albania
return to full totalitarianism after a break in the
60s.

The years following Hoxha’s death saw

Albanian communism’s slow collapse, which
finished in 1992.