Drawing of Oso Kuka, from the June 1901 issue of the Albania newspaper of Faik Konitza
Born
c. 1820
Shkodër, Ottoman Empire
Died
1862
Vranjina, Montenegro
Other names
Osman Kuka
Occupation(s)
a border guard and commander
Years active
1862
Known for
Blowing up the tower of Vranina
The drawing shows Montenegrin soldiers surrounding Oso Kuka and his men in the gunpowder tower.
Osman Bejtullah Agë Kuka, also known as Oso Kuka (c. 1812/1820–1862), was an Albanian border guard on the Ottoman-Montenegrin border. Surrounded by Montenegrin soldiers in a tower on the island of Vranjina, he blew it up, killing himself and many of the Montenegrin soldiers. In the following decades, he became a rallying figure of the Albanian independence movement and a much-celebrated character in multiple important works in Albanian literature.
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