Dobroste was the birthplace of many Albanian nationalists. In 1917, Isen Hasani and Kadri Azemi fought against the Serbian Army in Skopska Crna Gora where they were eventually killed. From 1940 to 1945, Dobroste was headquarters of one of the Balli Kombetar units in the northwest of Macedonia. The most notable of these Ballists were Isen Rustemi and Halil Ivaja, as well as Ramadan Ramadani, Mete Azizi, Brahim Halimi, Llokman Lutfiu and Hafez Jusuf Azemi