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<p>For more than 45 years, Albania was ruled by one of the harshest dictatorial regimes that Europe has experienced during the 20-th century. The communist regime in Albania had several special features, starting from its origins and establishment, and continuing further with its special characteristics, the society and the economic-social system it built. These features set it apart from other communist regimes in Eastern Europe. But what remains as the primary feature of the communist regime in Albania is its loyalty and steadfastness in following and further developing the Stalinist model, a model that was finally abandoned in Eastern Europe and the USSR in the mid-1950s, and further in China after the death of Mao Zedong (1978). This study aims to investigate the special characteristics underlying the Stalinist model and the causes that enabled its implementation, adaptation and development in the conditions of the rule of the dictatorial regime in Albania.</p>
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For more than 45 years, Albania was ruled by one of the harshest dictatorial regimes that Europe has experienced during the 20-th century. The communist regime in Albania had several special features, starting from its origins and establishment, and continuing further with its special characteristics, the society and the economic-social system it built. These features set it apart from other communist regimes in Eastern Europe. But what remains as the primary feature of the communist regime in Albania is its loyalty and steadfastness in following and further developing the Stalinist model, a model that was finally abandoned in Eastern Europe and the USSR in the mid-1950s, and further in China after the death of Mao Zedong (1978). This study aims to investigate the special characteristics underlying the Stalinist model and the causes that enabled its implementation, adaptation and development in the conditions of the rule of the dictatorial regime in Albania.

Stalinism and the Stalinist model: Comparative study on its origins and characteristics in the communist regime in Albania

Balkan Journal of Interdisciplinary Research

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For more than 45 years, Albania was ruled by one of the harshest dictatorial regimes that Europe has experienced during the 20-th century. The communist regime...

Stalinism and the Stalinist model: Comparative study on its origins and characteristics in the communist regime in Albania

Published Online: Sep 21, 2023

Page range: 79 - 88

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bjir-2023-0009

Keywords
Stalinism and the Stalinist model, Comparative study, communist regime, Albania

© 2023 Anelmo Spahija, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Stalinism and the Stalinist model: Comparative study on its origins and characteristics in the communist regime in Albania

Published Online: Sep 21, 2023

Page range: 79 - 88

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bjir-2023-0009

KeywordsStalinism and the Stalinist model, Comparative study, communist regime, Albania

© 2023 Anelmo Spahija, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Stalinism and the Stalinist model, Comparative study, communist regime, Albania