Gori Fortress as of 1642, by an Italian missionary Cristoforo di Castelli

Statue of Stalin outside the Town Hall, Gori

Gori (Georgian: გორი) is an industrial city in the Shida Kartli province of Georgia. The city was founded by one of the greatest kings of Georgia, David the Builder (1089–1125). It has a population of 60,000. Gori is situated where the Liakhvi River enters the Mtkvari (Kura River). The city was largely destroyed in the 1920 earthquake. Image File history File links Gori_fortress,_c_1642. ... Image File history File links Gori_fortress,_c_1642. ... Events January 4 - Charles I attempts to arrest five leading members of the Long Parliament, but they escape. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1280x960, 536 KB) Summary Statue of Stalin outside town hall in Gori. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1280x960, 536 KB) Summary Statue of Stalin outside town hall in Gori. ... Shida Kartli is a region of Eastern Georgia. ... David the Builder (David IV Bagrationi) (1073 - January 24, 1125) was a King of Georgia (1089-1125). ... Great Liakhvi is a river in central Georgia, which rises on the southern slopes of the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range in the rebel region of South Ossetia and flows into the Kura (Mtkvari) River. ... Mtkvari (Kura) River near Old Town, Tbilisi Kura (Georgian მტკვარი - Mtkvari, Azerbaijani Kür) is a river in the Caucasus Mountains. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

It is the birthplace (1878) of the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin, and contains the Joseph Stalin Museum with items related to his life, the house where he was born, and his personal railway carriage. The museum contains many objects that were in posession of Stalin during his rule of the Soviet Union such as carpets from the Post-Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan. The house where he was born is very small in area, and was shared by Stalin, his mother, his father and a landlord. 1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Soviet redirects here. ... “Stalin” redirects here. ... The Joseph Stalin Museum in Gori, Georgia is dedicated to the life of the towns most famous son, Joseph Stalin, who became the leader of the Soviet Union. ...

One of the last standing statues of Stalin in the former Soviet Union is situated outside the Town Hall.

The town is overlooked by the medieval fortress of Goristsikhe.

External links

• On Gori, Georgia
• Gori and Gori region

Coordinates: 41°58′N, 44°06′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...