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Oso Kuka
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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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Oso Kuka | |
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![]() Drawing of Oso Kuka, from the June 1901 issue of the Albania newspaper of Faik Konitza | |
Born | c. 1820 |
Died | 1862 |
Other names | Osman Kuka |
Occupation(s) | a border guard and commander |
Years active | 1862 |
Known for | Blowing up the tower of Vranina |
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