 The settlement was first mentioned in an Ottoman defter of 1481, under the name of "Kučkovjani", and was described as having sixty-seven households.The locals of the village produced many freshly-grown crops that were kept or sold in the Florinian markets, like garlic and onions.The village had approximately 100,000 kg of wheat, 150,000 kg of corn and 25,000 kg of rye at one point in time.