While the Soviet Union basically controlled Eastern Europe, there was a exception with Albania. They were a communist nation as well, but they sided with China after their relationship with the Soviet Union crumbled after the death of Joseph Stalin. Like China they opposed the de-Stalinization of the Soviet Union under Nikita Khrushchev. Just like China they also opposed his belief that the communist nations could peacefully co-exist with the West. Because of this, Albania lost the vast majority of Soviet aid though China would help fill the gap of what they lost.
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One of the most oppressive of all Communist countries ex-WW2.
Run by an evil genius called Enver Hoxha, who I think even the devils of so-called Hades would have not let enter.
Here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enver_Hoxha
Thankfully after Hoxha was overthrown - Albania has returned to normality and is a tourist (cheap) holiday destination of today and as it was pre WW2.
B J Hunnicut aka Colin
Least Albania didn't lose out all together.
Well when you have China, you hopefully won't starve
totally!!!
Another workers' paradise.
I didn't know that!
I didn't know this, either...
So many of those Eastern European countries suffered terribly under communism.
So much history in those countries.
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