Skore (, ) is one of the six villages of the former
commune of
Pogon Pogon may refer to:
* Pogon, Albania, a municipality in Gjirokastër District, Gjirokastër County, Albania
* Pogoń, a Knight-in-pursuit coat of arms of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
* Pogoni, a municipality in Ioannina regional unit, Greece
* P ...
, in southern
Albania
Albania ( ; or ), officially the Republic of Albania (), is a country in Southeast Europe. It is located in the Balkans, on the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea, and shares land borders with Montenegro to ...
. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality
Dropull
Dropull ( sq-definite, Dropulli; ''Dropoli'' or ''Deropoli'') is a municipality in Gjirokastër County, in southern Albania. The region stretches from south of the city of Gjirokastër to the Greek–Albanian border, along the Drino river. The reg ...
. According to a 2014 report by the Albanian government, there were 492 ethnic Greeks in the village.
Notable people
* Nikolaos Kalyvas (1898/1900 - 1944),
Greek trade unionist and deputy minister of Labour during the
Axis occupation of Greece
The occupation of Greece by the Axis Powers () began in April 1941 after Nazi Germany Battle of Greece, invaded the Kingdom of Greece in order to assist its ally, Fascist Italy (1922–1943), Italy, in their Greco-Italian War, ongoing war that w ...
, killed by
OPLA.
See also
*
Greeks in Albania
The Greeks in Albania are ethnic Greeks who live in or originate from areas within modern Albania. They form the largest minority group in the country. They are mostly concentrated in the south of the country, in the areas of the northern part ...
References
Populated places in Dropull
Greek communities in Albania
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