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Scanderbeg
Scanderbeg or Skanderbeg , c.1404-1468, Albanian national hero. His original name was George Castriota or Kastriotes, but the Ottomans called him Iskender Bey, and this was corrupted into Scanderbeg. The son of a prince of N Albania, he was educated in the Muslim faith as a hostage at the court ... Read more

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Gjergj Kastrioti-Skanderbeg
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Gjergj Kastrioti-Skanderbeg Hailed as a national hero in Albania, Gjergj Kastrioti-Skanderbeg (1403-1468) successfully ousted the Ottoman...Albanian freedom fighter Gjergj Kastrioti-Skanderbeg was raised under Islam and trained as a general... Read more
Skanderbeg
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition see Scanderbeg . Read more
Scanderbeg
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition or Skanderbeg , c.1404-1468, Albanian national hero. His original name was George Castriota or Kastriotes, but the Ottomans called him Iskender... Read more
Albanians
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...resist being controlled by the Turks. Their national hero, Skanderbeg, led the Albanian people's resistance to the Ottoman Empire...in at least twenty-five fierce battles. It was only after Skanderbeg died in 1468 that the Turks were able to claim victory. They... Read more

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Balkans: Albania's evangelical strife. (Current Affairs)
Magazine article from: The Middle East; 11/1/1993; ; 700+ words ; ...eternal leader, Enver Hoxha. Today, Hoxha is dead, Communism is a quickly fading memory, and the palace of Culture off Tirana's Skanderbeg Square is home not to slogan-shouting Marxists but to Bible-toting Mormons. The Mormons are just one of dozens of religious... Read more
Albania.(Country Profile)
Magazine article from: New Internationalist; 6/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...province of the southern Balkans to fall to the Ottoman Empire (1506) and the celebrated leader who fought it off for 25 years, Skanderbeg, remains prominent on currency and main squares, and a folk hero right across the Balkans. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It was never... Read more
ALBANIA: ONLY ALBANIAN COMPANIES BID FOR PHARMACEUTICAL PLANT.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 8/29/2000; 143 words ; ...companies currently up for sale in the government's privatization drive include the beer producer Birra Tirana, the Durres-based Skanderbeg cognac distillery, and the dairy producer Ajka. (Fabian Schmidt) Copyright (c) 1999. RFE/RL, Inc. Reprinted with the permission... Read more
Pope's visit confirms Albania's new status.
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 5/7/1993; ; 652 words ; ...south of Shkodra, he addressed the nation in Skanderbeg Square. Skanderbeg was the great national hero in the battles against...Enver Hoxha could not suppress the fact that Skanderbeg had sought help from Pope Paul I in 1460 and... Read more
Eye of the beholder: the only thing fraudulent in the recent Albanian elections was the orchestrated condemnation by international observers.
Magazine article from: National Review; 7/1/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...political elite. There are shops and markets full of goods, kiosks sell newspapers of widely divergent outlooks, and the mosque of Skanderbeg Square has worshippers once more -- even if the younger among them have to be shown what to do. Albania has gone from being... Read more