Gori, Georgia

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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 an earthquake in 1920.

It is the birthplace (1878) of the Soviet premier 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.

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.