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a 502,546 Albanian citizens, an additional 43,751 Kosovar Albanians, 260,000 Arbëreshë people and 169,644 Albanians who have acquired the Italian citizenship [8] [9] [65] [66] b Albanians are not recognized as a minority in Turkey. However approximately 500,000 people are reported to profess an Albanian identity.
Leader of the Albanian revolt of 1911: 24 September 1915 Unknown Sheshëz, Orosh Killed for nationalist motives. 7 Isa Boletini: Leader of the uprising to liberate Albanian lands 23 January 1916 Pero Burič Ribnica bridge, Podgorica, Montenegro: Killed to suppress the Albanian resistance. 8 Stath Melani: Orthodox priest 24 December 1917
Albanian is declared as the native language by 98.76% of the population. The Albanian people are considered one of the most polyglot people in Europe. [7] They generally speak more than two languages, which are mainly French, Greek, Italian, and English, which are increasing due to migration return, and new Greek and Italian communities in the ...
During the People's Republic of Albania, Albanian cinema developed rapidly with the inauguration of the Kinostudio Shqipëria e Re in Tirana. [283] In 1953, the Albanian-Soviet epic film, the Great Warrior Skanderbeg, was released chronicling the life and fight of the medieval Albanian hero Skanderbeg.
In Tirana, many Albanians were beaten to death by local Serbian troops. [51] After aiding Albanian volunteers, residents of Kaza Tirana had their houses burnt down and 17 people burned to death and an additional 12 were executed. [3]
Skanderbeg (1405–1468) – 15th-century Albanian lord; "Hero of Christianism"; initiated and organized the League of Lezhë, which proclaimed him Chief of the League of the Albanian people; Karl Thopia (Albanian: Karl Topia; 1331 – January 1388) was an Albanian feudal prince and warlord who ruled Albanian domains from 1358 until the first ...
In 2015 it still had the highest mortality in Europe, at 766 per 100,000 population, the highest rate of death from non-communicable diseases (672 per 100,000) and the second highest rate of male smokers in Europe - 51%. [4] The Albanian Public Health Institute, in Tirana was founded in 1935. [5]
Albanians began to settle in the USA in the late 19th-20th centuries from Southern Albania, Greece, Turkey, Southern Italy and Kosovo, and in the 1990s from Albania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and refugees of war. The largest Albanian American (incl. Kosovar Albanian) populations are in New York City, Boston, Detroit, Jacksonville, and Chicago.