The People's Socialist Republic of Albania was the communist state that existed in Albania from 10 January 1946 to 29 April 1991. Originally founded as the People's Republic of Albania from 1946 to 19
Partisans entering Tirana on 29 November 1944
Enver Hoxha in 1971
Bunkers in Albania built during Hoxha's rule to avert the possibility of external invasions. By 1983 approximately 173,371 concrete bunkers were scattered throughout the country.
Mao Zedong and Hoxha in 1956
Mehmet Shehu
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Mehmet Ismail Shehu was an Albanian communist politician who served as the Prime Minister of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania from 1954 to 1981. He was known as a close confidant of Enver Ho
Official portrait, c. 1950s
Mehmet Shehu as a partisan, 1944
Mehmet Shehu as Chief of the General Staff of the Albanian People's Army in 1946