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colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Vasil_Shanto_(portrait).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Vasil_Shanto_%28portrait%29.jpg/220px-Vasil_Shanto_%28portrait%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="318" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Vasil_Shanto_%28portrait%29.jpg/330px-Vasil_Shanto_%28portrait%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Vasil_Shanto_%28portrait%29.jpg/440px-Vasil_Shanto_%28portrait%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1009" data-file-height="1457" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">17 August 1913<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Shkod%C3%ABr" title="Shkodër">Shkodër</a>, <a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Albania" title="Principality of Albania">Principality of Albania</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">1 February 1944 (age 30)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Shkod%C3%ABr" title="Shkodër">Shkodër</a>, <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Government_of_Albania" title="Democratic Government of Albania">Democratic Government of Albania</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Albanians" title="Albanians">Albanian</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data">Co-founder of the Albanian Communist Party</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data">Elisaveta Shanto (sister)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Family</th><td class="infobox-data">Shanto</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Titulli_%22Hero_i_Popullit%22.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Titulli_%22Hero_i_Popullit%22.svg/17px-Titulli_%22Hero_i_Popullit%22.svg.png" decoding="async" width="17" height="27" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Titulli_%22Hero_i_Popullit%22.svg/26px-Titulli_%22Hero_i_Popullit%22.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Titulli_%22Hero_i_Popullit%22.svg/34px-Titulli_%22Hero_i_Popullit%22.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="156" data-file-height="251" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Hero_of_the_People_(Albania)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hero of the People (Albania)">Hero of the People</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Vasil Shanto</b> (17 August 1913 – 1 February 1944), called <b>Vasko</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVojnoistorijski_institut196981_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVojnoistorijski_institut196981-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was one of the founders of the <a href="/wiki/Albanian_Communist_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Albanian Communist Party">Albanian Communist Party</a>. He was the leader, along with <a href="/wiki/Qemal_Stafa" title="Qemal Stafa">Qemal Stafa</a>, of the <a href="/wiki/Shkod%C3%ABr" title="Shkodër">Shkodër</a> communist group. One of the delegates of the party, he was frequently sent to meet with the <a href="/wiki/League_of_Communists_of_Yugoslavia" title="League of Communists of Yugoslavia">Yugoslavian Communist Party</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vasil_Shanto&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shanto was born on August 17, 1913, in <a href="/wiki/Shkod%C3%ABr" title="Shkodër">Shkodër</a> to an <a href="/wiki/Albanians" title="Albanians">Albanian</a> family.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His family owned a bakery in Shkodër, and hailed from <a href="/wiki/Struga" title="Struga">Struga</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMihajlov1995264–265_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMihajlov1995264–265-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prior to <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, the family had a bakery in <a href="/wiki/Tirana" title="Tirana">Tirana</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMihajlov1995264–265_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMihajlov1995264–265-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1928, he joined the (early) Albanian Communist Party.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPavlović199662_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPavlović199662-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He worked as a baker.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDedijer194914_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDedijer194914-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="World_War_II">World War II</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vasil_Shanto&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the time of the <a href="/wiki/Italian_invasion_of_Albania" title="Italian invasion of Albania">Italian invasion of Albania</a> (April 7–12, 1939), the Shkodër communist group included <a href="/wiki/Qemal_Stafa" title="Qemal Stafa">Qemal Stafa</a>, a student, Shanto, an artisan, Liri Gega, an intellectual, <a href="/wiki/Imer_Dishnica" class="mw-redirect" title="Imer Dishnica">Imer Dishnica</a>, a doctor, <a href="/wiki/Zef_Mala" title="Zef Mala">Zef Mala</a> and others.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPavlović199661_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPavlović199661-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The leaders were Mala, Shanto, Stafa and Themelko.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDedijer194914_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDedijer194914-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Shkodër group's activities also spanned over Kosovo and western Macedonia, and the organization included several emigrants from <a href="/wiki/Gjakova" title="Gjakova">Gjakova</a> and other places in <a href="/wiki/Kosovo" title="Kosovo">Kosovo</a>, who had moved to Albania between 1930 and 1937.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPavlović199661_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPavlović199661-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In spring 1941, Shanto and Stafa met with fellow Communist <a href="/wiki/Fadil_Hoxha" title="Fadil Hoxha">Fadil Hoxha</a> due to his earlier contact with Yugoslav communist <a href="/wiki/Miladin_Popovi%C4%87" title="Miladin Popović">Miladin Popović</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDedijer194911_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDedijer194911-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Miladin Popović and <a href="/wiki/Du%C5%A1an_Mugo%C5%A1a" title="Dušan Mugoša">Dušan Mugoša</a> were the Yugoslav delegates that helped unite the Albanian communist groups in 1941.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 1941, the <a href="/wiki/Albanian_Communist_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Albanian Communist Party">Albanian Communist Party</a> was established through the agreement between the Shkodër (led by Shanto and Qemal Stafa), Korçë and Tirana (led by <a href="/wiki/Enver_Hoxha" title="Enver Hoxha">Enver Hoxha</a>) communist groups.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPearson2006b158_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPearson2006b158-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was one of the founding assembly members from the Shkodër group along with Stafa, Kristo Themelko, and Tuk Jakova, in 8–14 November 1941 in Tirana.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPavlović199664_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPavlović199664-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among the founding members, there were 8 <a href="/wiki/Christians" title="Christians">Christian</a> members: Koço Tashko, <a href="/wiki/Ko%C3%A7i_Xoxe" title="Koçi Xoxe">Koçi Xoxe</a>, Pandi Kristo, Gjin Marku, Vasil Shanto, <a href="/wiki/Tuk_Jakova" title="Tuk Jakova">Tuk Jakova</a>, Kristo Themelko and Anastas Lula; and 5 <a href="/wiki/Muslims" title="Muslims">Muslim</a> members: Enver Hoxha, Qemal Stafa, <a href="/wiki/Ramadan_%C3%87itaku" title="Ramadan Çitaku">Ramadan Çitaku</a>, Kadri Hoxha, and Sadik Premte.<sup id="cite_ref-BojanićTerzić1997_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BojanićTerzić1997-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 1942, there were only 300 communists in Albania.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJevtić2014_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJevtić2014-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Around 8 November 1943, Shanto arrived at the headquarters of 2nd Corpus of the <a href="/wiki/Yugoslav_Partisans" title="Yugoslav Partisans">Yugoslav Partisans</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kola%C5%A1in" title="Kolašin">Kolašin</a> (now <a href="/wiki/Montenegro" title="Montenegro">Montenegro</a>). He came in the capacity of delegacy of the Central Committee of the Albanian Communists to meet with <a href="/wiki/Ivan_Milutinovi%C4%87" title="Ivan Milutinović">Ivan Milutinović</a> and the 2nd Corpus regarding party, political, and military questions important for the further development of the Albanian Communists.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEInstitut_za_savremenu_istoriju1984325_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEInstitut_za_savremenu_istoriju1984325-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He came into conflict with Hoxha but this was concealed from the people.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPavlović199662_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPavlović199662-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was killed in action on 1 February 1944, in a skirmish with German led Albanian forces in Shkodër.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVojnoistorijski_institut196981_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVojnoistorijski_institut196981-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Shanto's sister, Elisaveta,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMihajlov1995264–265_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMihajlov1995264–265-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was married to Petar Bulatović-Bulat<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPavlović199662_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPavlović199662-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (Petro Bullati), who was a former colonel in the Albanian Ministry of Internal Affairs, with dual citizenship (<a href="/wiki/Albanian_passport" title="Albanian passport">Albanian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yugoslavs" title="Yugoslavs">Yugoslavian</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVickers2011115_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVickers2011115-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bullati was accused in 1956 of being an "enemy of the people" and "<a href="/wiki/UDBA" class="mw-redirect" title="UDBA">UDBA</a> agent"<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPearson2006c503_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPearson2006c503-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and executed. Shanto's sister with the rest of the family were sent to an <a href="/wiki/Internment_camp" class="mw-redirect" title="Internment camp">internment camp</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vasil_Shanto&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He posthumously received the Albanian honorary title "<a href="/wiki/Hero_of_Albania" class="mw-redirect" title="Hero of Albania">People's Hero</a>". He was one of five members of the Yugoslav community of Albania, along with <a href="/wiki/Branko_Kadija" class="mw-redirect" title="Branko Kadija">Branko Kadija</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jordan_Misja" class="mw-redirect" title="Jordan Misja">Jordan Misja</a>,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Disputed_statement" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Disputed statement"><span title="This claim has reliable sources with contradicting facts (June 2015)">disputed</span></a> – <a href="/wiki/Talk:Vasil_Shanto#Jordan_Misja" title="Talk:Vasil Shanto">discuss</a></i>]</sup> <a href="/wiki/Vojo_Kushi" title="Vojo Kushi">Vojo Kushi</a> and Danilo Mateja, who received the award.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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.cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFPipa1989" class="citation book cs1">Pipa, Arshi (1989). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=nkhiAAAAMAAJ&q=Gheg+leaders+,+Qemal+Stafa+and+Vasil+Shanto"><i>The Politics of Language in Socialist Albania</i></a>. East European Monographs. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-88033-168-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-88033-168-5"><bdi>978-0-88033-168-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Politics+of+Language+in+Socialist+Albania&rft.pub=East+European+Monographs&rft.date=1989&rft.isbn=978-0-88033-168-5&rft.aulast=Pipa&rft.aufirst=Arshi&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DnkhiAAAAMAAJ%26q%3DGheg%2Bleaders%2B%2C%2BQemal%2BStafa%2Band%2BVasil%2BShanto&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVasil+Shanto" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMihajlov1995264–265-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMihajlov1995264–265_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMihajlov1995264–265_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMihajlov1995264–265_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMihajlov1995">Mihajlov 1995</a>, pp. 264–265.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPavlović199662-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPavlović199662_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPavlović199662_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPavlović199662_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPavlović1996">Pavlović 1996</a>, p. 62.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDedijer194914-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDedijer194914_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDedijer194914_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDedijer1949">Dedijer 1949</a>, p. 14.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPavlović199661-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPavlović199661_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPavlović199661_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPavlović1996">Pavlović 1996</a>, p. 61.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDedijer194911-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDedijer194911_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDedijer1949">Dedijer 1949</a>, p. 11.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=7rM4AQAAIAAJ"><i>Komunist: organ Centralnog komiteta KPJ</i></a>. Borba. 1949. <q>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 ...</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Komunist%3A+organ+Centralnog+komiteta+KPJ.&rft.pub=Borba&rft.date=1949&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D7rM4AQAAIAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVasil+Shanto" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPearson2006b158-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPearson2006b158_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearson2006b">Pearson 2006b</a>, p. 158.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPavlović199664-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPavlović199664_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPavlović1996">Pavlović 1996</a>, p. 64.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-BojanićTerzić1997-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-BojanićTerzić1997_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDušanka_BojanićSlavenko_Terzić1997" class="citation book cs1">Dušanka Bojanić; Slavenko Terzić (1997). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=kHEvAQAAMAAJ"><i>Islam, Balkan i velike sile (XIV-XX vek): međunarodni naučni skup 11-13. decembar 1996</i></a>. Istorijski institut SANU. p. 579. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9788677430108" title="Special:BookSources/9788677430108"><bdi>9788677430108</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Islam%2C+Balkan+i+velike+sile+%28XIV-XX+vek%29%3A+me%C4%91unarodni+nau%C4%8Dni+skup+11-13.+decembar+1996&rft.pages=579&rft.pub=Istorijski+institut+SANU&rft.date=1997&rft.isbn=9788677430108&rft.au=Du%C5%A1anka+Bojani%C4%87&rft.au=Slavenko+Terzi%C4%87&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DkHEvAQAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVasil+Shanto" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEJevtić2014-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJevtić2014_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFJevtić2014">Jevtić 2014</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEInstitut_za_savremenu_istoriju1984325-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEInstitut_za_savremenu_istoriju1984325_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFInstitut_za_savremenu_istoriju1984">Institut za savremenu istoriju 1984</a>, p. 325.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Vasil Shanto: një jetë në shërbim të Partisë Komuniste të Shqipërisë Author Myslim Islami Publisher "8 Nëntori", 1981</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEVickers2011115-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVickers2011115_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFVickers2011">Vickers 2011</a>, p. 115.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPearson2006c503-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPearson2006c503_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearson2006c">Pearson 2006c</a>, p. 503.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAfrim_Imaj" class="citation web cs1">Afrim Imaj. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.arkivalajmeve.com/Une-deshmitari-ne-pushkatimin-e-Liri-Geges-ishin-dhe-Kadri-Hazbiu-e-Fecor-Shehu.410274">"Une deshmitari ne pushkatimin e Liri Geges ishin dhe Kadri Hazbiu e Fecor-Shehu"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Une+deshmitari+ne+pushkatimin+e+Liri+Geges+ishin+dhe+Kadri+Hazbiu+e+Fecor-Shehu&rft.au=Afrim+Imaj&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arkivalajmeve.com%2FUne-deshmitari-ne-pushkatimin-e-Liri-Geges-ishin-dhe-Kadri-Hazbiu-e-Fecor-Shehu.410274&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVasil+Shanto" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFЗоран_Лакић_и_Томислав_Жугић1990" class="citation web cs1">Зоран Лакић и Томислав Жугић (1990). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rastko.rs/rastko-al/zbornik1990/zlakic-tzugic-manjine.php">"Положај југословенских мањина у Албанији 1945-1990"</a>. Rastko.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B0%D1%98+%D1%98%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%85+%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%9A%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0+%D1%83+%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B8+1945-1990.&rft.pub=Rastko&rft.date=1990&rft.au=%D0%97%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD+%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%9B+%D0%B8+%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2+%D0%96%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%9B&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rastko.rs%2Frastko-al%2Fzbornik1990%2Fzlakic-tzugic-manjine.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVasil+Shanto" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vasil_Shanto&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMihajlov1995" class="citation book cs1">Mihajlov, Mile (1995). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=E80xAAAAMAAJ"><i>Kuzman Josifovski-Pitu: vreme, život, delo, 1915-1944 : prilozi od nauchniot održan na 23 i 24 fevruari 1944 godina vo Prilep</i></a>. Institut za nacionalna istorija. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789989624124" title="Special:BookSources/9789989624124"><bdi>9789989624124</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Kuzman+Josifovski-Pitu%3A+vreme%2C+%C5%BEivot%2C+delo%2C+1915-1944+%3A+prilozi+od+nauchniot+odr%C5%BEan+na+23+i+24+fevruari+1944+godina+vo+Prilep&rft.pub=Institut+za+nacionalna+istorija&rft.date=1995&rft.isbn=9789989624124&rft.aulast=Mihajlov&rft.aufirst=Mile&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DE80xAAAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVasil+Shanto" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPearson2006b" class="citation book cs1">Pearson, Owen (2006b). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=P3knunC7z_oC"><i>Albania in the Twentieth Century, A History: Volume II: Albania in Occupation and War, 1939-45</i></a>. I.B.Tauris. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84511-104-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-84511-104-5"><bdi>978-1-84511-104-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Albania+in+the+Twentieth+Century%2C+A+History%3A+Volume+II%3A+Albania+in+Occupation+and+War%2C+1939-45&rft.pub=I.B.Tauris&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=978-1-84511-104-5&rft.aulast=Pearson&rft.aufirst=Owen&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DP3knunC7z_oC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVasil+Shanto" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPearson2006c" class="citation book cs1">Pearson, Owen (2006c). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=D4wx7kQp4bgC"><i>Albania in the Twentieth Century, A History: Volume III: Albania as Dictatorship and Democracy, 1945-99</i></a>. I.B.Tauris. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84511-105-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-84511-105-2"><bdi>978-1-84511-105-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Albania+in+the+Twentieth+Century%2C+A+History%3A+Volume+III%3A+Albania+as+Dictatorship+and+Democracy%2C+1945-99&rft.pub=I.B.Tauris&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=978-1-84511-105-2&rft.aulast=Pearson&rft.aufirst=Owen&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DD4wx7kQp4bgC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVasil+Shanto" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPavlović1996" class="citation book cs1">Pavlović, Blagoje K. (1996). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=IoxpAAAAMAAJ"><i>Albanizacija Kosova i Metohije</i></a>. Evropsko slovo.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Albanizacija+Kosova+i+Metohije&rft.pub=Evropsko+slovo&rft.date=1996&rft.aulast=Pavlovi%C4%87&rft.aufirst=Blagoje+K.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DIoxpAAAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVasil+Shanto" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVickers2011" class="citation book cs1">Vickers, Miranda (2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=vtQABAAAQBAJ"><i>The Albanians: A Modern History</i></a>. I.B.Tauris. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-85773-655-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-85773-655-0"><bdi>978-0-85773-655-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Albanians%3A+A+Modern+History&rft.pub=I.B.Tauris&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-0-85773-655-0&rft.aulast=Vickers&rft.aufirst=Miranda&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DvtQABAAAQBAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVasil+Shanto" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDedijer1949" class="citation book cs1">Dedijer, Vladimir (1949). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Z2_iAAAAMAAJ"><i>Jugoslovensko-albanski odnosi</i></a>. Borba.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Jugoslovensko-albanski+odnosi&rft.pub=Borba&rft.date=1949&rft.aulast=Dedijer&rft.aufirst=Vladimir&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DZ2_iAAAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVasil+Shanto" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <dl><dt>Journals</dt></dl> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVojnoistorijski_institut1969" class="citation book cs1">Vojnoistorijski institut (1969). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=JTMyAQAAIAAJ"><i>Zbornik Dokumenta</i></a>. Vol. 3.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Zbornik+Dokumenta&rft.date=1969&rft.au=Vojnoistorijski+institut&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DJTMyAQAAIAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVasil+Shanto" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFInstitut_za_savremenu_istoriju1984" class="citation book cs1">Institut za savremenu istoriju (1984). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=__y0AAAAIAAJ"><i>Sabrana djela</i></a>. Vol. 18. Komunist.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Sabrana+djela&rft.pub=Komunist&rft.date=1984&rft.au=Institut+za+savremenu+istoriju&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D__y0AAAAIAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVasil+Shanto" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <dl><dt>News articles</dt></dl> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJevtić2014" class="citation news cs1">Jevtić, Miroljub (2014-11-30). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.novosti.rs/%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B6%D0%B0%D1%98.524.html:522066-Cela-zemlja-300-komunista">"Цела земља 300 комуниста!"</a>. 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Rushiti</li> <li>Mumin Selami</li> <li>Çelo Sinani</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mic_Sokoli" title="Mic Sokoli">Mic Sokoli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qemal_Stafa" title="Qemal Stafa">Qemal Stafa</a></li> <li>Sadik Stavaleci</li> <li>Jorgo Sulioti</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Vasil Shanto</a></li> <li>Abaz Shehu</li> <li><i><s><a href="/wiki/Mehmet_Shehu" title="Mehmet Shehu">Mehmet Shehu</a>*</s></i></li> <li>Myslym Shyri</li> <li>Hajdar Tafa</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lefter_Talo" title="Lefter Talo">Lefter Talo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bajo_Topulli" title="Bajo Topulli">Bajo Topulli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%87er%C3%A7iz_Topulli" title="Çerçiz Topulli">Çerçiz Topulli</a></li> <li>Bajram Tusha</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mujo_Ulqinaku" title="Mujo Ulqinaku">Mujo Ulqinaku</a></li> <li>Ramiz Varvarica</li> <li>Themi Vaso</li> <li>Zylyftar Veleshnja</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asim_Vokshi" title="Asim Vokshi">Asim Vokshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sulejman_Vokshi" title="Sulejman 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