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Albanian fighter Cukë Halili (1892-1977) from Stankaj of Rugova, who fought alongside Ker Sadria, Rud Halili, Bajram Curri and Bislim Bajgora
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Author and translator: Petrit Latifi.

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Albanian fighter Cukë Halili (1892-1977) from Stankaj of Rugova, who fought alongside Ker Sadria, Rud Halili, Bajram Curri and Bislim Bajgora

Information gathered from relatives and Avni Lulaj.

Cukë Halili (1892-1977) was an Albanian kachak fighter from Stankaj of Rugova. The father of Cukë Halili was killed by Montenegrins in a village of Istog (called Burim today in Albanian). Cukë Halili fought along side his brother Rud Halili. Later, he fought with Albanian ballist Bislim Bajgora against Serbo-Montenegrin invasions in the 1940s. Somewhere in the Rugova Gorge (Gryka e Rugoves), Cukë Halili is said to have killed many Serbian and Montenegrin troops. A book about the history of Cukë Halili was burned by the Serbian invaders in 1999.

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