Vasil Shanto
Vasil Shanto | |
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Hero of the People |
Vasil Shanto (17 August 1913 – 1 February 1944), called Vasko
Early life
Shanto was born on August 17, 1913, in Shkodër to an Gheg Albanian family.[2] His family owned a bakery in Shkodër, and hailed from Struga.[3] Prior to World War II, the family had a bakery in Tirana.[3] In 1928, he joined the (early) Albanian Communist Party.[4] He worked as a baker.[5]
World War II
At the time of the
In spring 1941, Shanto and Stafa met with fellow Communist Fadil Hoxha due to his earlier contact with Yugoslav communist Miladin Popović.[7] Miladin Popović and Dušan Mugoša were the Yugoslav delegates that helped unite the Albanian communist groups in 1941.[8]
In August 1941, the
Around 8 November 1943, Shanto arrived at the headquarters of 2nd Corpus of the Yugoslav Partisans in Kolašin (now Montenegro). He came in the capacity of delegacy of the Central Committee of the Albanian Communists to meet with Ivan Milutinović and the 2nd Corpus regarding party, political, and military questions important for the further development of the Albanian Communists.[13]
He came into conflict with Hoxha but this was concealed from the people.[4] He was killed in action on 1 February 1944, in a skirmish with German led Albanian forces in Shkodër.[1][14]
Shanto's sister, Elisaveta,
Legacy
He posthumously received the Albanian honorary title "
References
- ^ a b Vojnoistorijski institut 1969, p. 81.
- ISBN 978-0-88033-168-5.
- ^ a b c Mihajlov 1995, pp. 264–265.
- ^ a b c Pavlović 1996, p. 62.
- ^ a b Dedijer 1949, p. 14.
- ^ a b Pavlović 1996, p. 61.
- ^ Dedijer 1949, p. 11.
- ^ Komunist: organ Centralnog komiteta KPJ. Borba. 1949.
Дугим радом и убеђивањем на састанцима с појединцима и с по двојицом-тројицом, другови Миладин Поповић и Душан Мугоша сломили су групашки отпор код већине албанских другова. Они су успели да их убеде како је Партија неопходна радпим масама у њи- ховој борби за ослобођење од капиталистичке експлоатације и импе- ријалистичког поробљавања. Тај рад довео је до састанка 8 новем- бра 1941 године, на коме је било присутно преко двадесет ...
- ^ Pearson 2006b, p. 158.
- ^ Pavlović 1996, p. 64.
- ISBN 9788677430108.
- ^ Jevtić 2014.
- ^ Vasil Shanto: një jetë në shërbim të Partisë Komuniste të Shqipërisë Author Myslim Islami Publisher "8 Nëntori", 1981
- ^ Vickers 2011, p. 115.
- ^ Pearson 2006c, p. 503.
- ^ Afrim Imaj. "Une deshmitari ne pushkatimin e Liri Geges ishin dhe Kadri Hazbiu e Fecor-Shehu".
- ^ Зоран Лакић и Томислав Жугић (1990). "Положај југословенских мањина у Албанији 1945-1990". Rastko.
Sources
- Mihajlov, Mile (1995). Kuzman Josifovski-Pitu: vreme, život, delo, 1915-1944 : prilozi od nauchniot održan na 23 i 24 fevruari 1944 godina vo Prilep. Institut za nacionalna istorija. ISBN 9789989624124.
- Pearson, Owen (2006b). Albania in the Twentieth Century, A History: Volume II: Albania in Occupation and War, 1939-45. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-1-84511-104-5.
- Pearson, Owen (2006c). Albania in the Twentieth Century, A History: Volume III: Albania as Dictatorship and Democracy, 1945-99. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-1-84511-105-2.
- Pavlović, Blagoje K. (1996). Albanizacija Kosova i Metohije. Evropsko slovo.
- Vickers, Miranda (2011). The Albanians: A Modern History. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-0-85773-655-0.
- Dedijer, Vladimir (1949). Jugoslovensko-albanski odnosi. Borba.
- Journals
- Vojnoistorijski institut (1969). Zbornik Dokumenta. Vol. 3.
- Institut za savremenu istoriju (1984). Sabrana djela. Vol. 18. Komunist.
- News articles
- Jevtić, Miroljub (2014-11-30). "Цела земља 300 комуниста!". Novosti.