 After 1730, they formed the first compact communities of Hoti brotherhoods ("vllazni") in Tutin in the villages Bujkovići, Špiljani, Crniš, Paljevo, Kovači, Radohovci and in Sjenica in the villages Aliverovići and Raždagina.The disintegration of the Ottoman Empire in the long 19th century saw the rise of the Balkan states.The establishment of the Principality of Montenegro and its goal of southwards expansion threatened the borderland autonomy of Hoti, which Montenegro sought to bring under its control.