 The history of the people of Kuči represents the diversity of the area and its location at the crossroads between different cultures and religions.Marko Miljanov (1833-1901), a national hero of Montenegro who led the tribe in the Montenegrin-Ottomans Wars in 1861–62 and 1876–78, Jakup Ferri (1832-1879), a national hero of Albania who fought against Miljanov's annexation of his home territory Plav to Montenegro and Muamer Zukorlić, a modern Bosniak politician in the Sandžak are all from Kuči.Kuči is within the municipality of Podgorica and comprises almost the entirety of eastern Podgorica.