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Monarchies In The Balkans
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| Kingdom of Albania | 1928 (Zog I) | Fled during Italian invasion | 1939 | Enthusiastic Modernization |
The final collapse was precipitated by ideological shifts and geopolitical realignment. The Communist victories in the aftermath of World War II led to swift nationalization of royal assets and the exile of ruling families. In the case of Albania, the monarchy, under King Zog I, had already been effectively dissolved by the Italian invasion in 1939, making its end less a revolution and more a formality carried out by subsequent occupiers [^5].
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