The Albanian–Soviet split was the gradual deterioration of relations between the People's Republic of Albania and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, which occurred in the 1956–1961 period as a result of Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev's rapprochement with Yugoslavia along with his "Secret Speech" and subsequent de-Stalinization, including efforts to extend these policies into Albania as was occurring in other Eastern Bloc states at the time. Wikipedia