It Was February 20, 1991, when a crowd of mostly students toppled the 10-meter-high statue Of Enver hoxha, Which had dominated tirana's skanderbeg square For Years as A reminder of the supremacy of the communist regime. for the people, The dictator was officially a thing of the past after the statue fell, even though he had died in 1986.
In March, some 30,000 Albanians boarded ships in Durres and Vlora and set sail for Italy as refugees. That month, multi-party elections were held for the first time in years. Although the communist party won, it was clear that the government was no longer in complete control.
The removal of the statue of Hoxha is undoubtedly the most emblematic image from the end of the communist period in Albania.
