Gori გორი
Gori გორი Location of Gori in Georgia
Coordinates: 41°58′0″N 44°06′0″E / 41.96667, 44.1
Country	Georgia
Mkhare	Shida Kartli
Population (2002)
- Total	49,500
Time zone	GMT (UTC+4)
- Summer (DST)	GMT (UTC+5)

Gori (Georgian: გორი) is a city in eastern Georgia, which serves as the regional capital of Shida Kartli and the center of the homonymous administrative district. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically Georgia ( საქართველო, Sakartvelo) is a Transcontinental country in the Caucasus region situated at the dividing line between Mkhare (მხარე is a Subdivision in the country of Georgia. see also | War in South Ossetia (2008 }} See also Samachablo Greenwich Mean Time ( GMT) is a term originally referring to mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London UTC+4 time zone is used as Moscow Summer Time Iraq Summer Time Azerbaijan Time Single zone countries Daylight saving time ( DST Greenwich Mean Time ( GMT) is a term originally referring to mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London UTC+5 is the Timezone for Pakistan Standard Time West Asia Standard Time. Georgian (ka ქართული ენა kartuli ena) is the Official language of Georgia, a country in the Caucasus. Georgia ( საქართველო, Sakartvelo) is a Transcontinental country in the Caucasus region situated at the dividing line between Mkhare (მხარე is a Subdivision in the country of Georgia. see also | War in South Ossetia (2008 }} See also Samachablo In linguistics a homonym is one of a group of words that share the same pronunciation but have different meanings and are usually spelled differently As of 2002, it had a population of 49,500.

Geography and climate

Gori is located 76 km west of Georgia’s capital Tbilisi, at the confluence of the rivers Mtkvari and Greater Liakhvi, 588 m. Tbilisi (ˌtbiˈliːsi in Georgian: თბილისი is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari See Kura for other rivers called Kura Kura ( Turkish: Kura, Azerbaijani: Kür, Georgian: მტკვარი The Greater Liakhvi River (ლიახვი Стыр Леуахи Styr Leuakhi) is a River in central Georgia, which rises on the southern slopes above sea level. The climate is transitional from moderately warm steppe to moderately humid. Summer is usually hot. The average annual temperature is 10. 9°C, minimal in January (-1. 2°C) and maximal in August (22. 5°C). The maximum precipitation falls in May (76mm) and minimum in August (34mm) and January (30mm).

History

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

The territory of Gori has been populated since the early Bronze Age. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest The term Bronze Age refers to a period in human cultural development when the most advanced Metalworking (at least in systematic and widespread use included techniques for According to the medieval Georgian chronicles, the town of Gori was founded by King David IV (r. David IV, also known as David II or David III, or David the Builder ( Georgian: დავით აღმაშენებელი 1089-1125) who settled there the refugees from Armenia. Armenia (Հայաստան transliterated: Hayastan,) officially the Republic of Armenia (Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն Hayastani However, the fortress of Gori appears to have been in use already in the 7th century, and archaeological evidence indicates to the existence of an urban community in the Classical Antiquity. Classical antiquity (also the classical era or classical period) is a broad term for a long period of cultural History centered on the Mediterranean In 1299-3, Gori was captured by the Alan tribesmen fleeing the Mongol conquest of their original homeland in the North Caucasus. Alania was a medieval kingdom of the Alans (proto- Ossetians) that flourished in the Northern Caucasus, roughly in the location of latter-day Circassia The North Caucasus, also Ciscaucasus, Ciscaucasia or Forecaucasia, is the northern part of the Caucasus region between Europe The Georgian king George V recovered the town in 1320, pushing the Alans back over the Caucasus mountains. George V, the “Brilliant” (გიორგი V ბრწყინვალე Giorgi V Brtskinvale; also translated as the Illustrious, or Magnificent This article is about the terrestrial Eurasian mountain range

Goris-Tsikhe, the citadel of Gori

With the downfall of the medieval Georgian kingdom, Gori – strategically located on the crossroad of major transit routes – was frequently targeted by foreign invaders and changed its masters on several occasions. Goris-Tsikhe (გორის ციხე "the fortress of Gori" is a medieval Citadel in Georgia, standing above the city of Gori on a rocky It was first taken and sacked by Uzun Hassan of the Ak Koyunlu in 1477, followed by Tahmasp I of Persia in the mid-16th century. Uzun Hassan ( 1423 - January 6, 1478) ( Ottoman Turkish: اوزون حسن, Uzun Həsən where uzun means tall) The Ak Koyunlu or Aq Qoyunlu, also called the White Sheep Turkomans ( Turkmen: Akgoýunly, Azeri: Ağqoyunlu, Tahmasp I ( 3 March, 1514-1576 was an influential Shah of Persia of the Safavid Dynasty By the end of that century, Gori passed to the Ottomans and became their major outpost in Georgia until being recovered by the Georgians under Simon I of Kartli after heavy fighting in 1599. The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish Simon I ( Georgian: სიმონ I also known as Svimon (სვიმონ (1537 ― 1611 of the Bagrationi dynasty was a Georgian king The town was once again garrisoned by the Persians under Shah Abbas I in 1614. Shāh ‘Abbās I or Shāh ‘Abbās the Great ( (born January 27, 1571; died January 19, 1629) was Shah of Iran and the most eminent

Following the successive occupations by the Ottomans (1723-35) and Persians (1735-40s), Gori returned to the Georgian control under the kings Teimuraz II and Erekle II whose efforts helped advance economy and culture in the town. Teimuraz II (Theimuraz (თეიმურაზ II (1680 – Saint Petersburg, January 8, 1762) of the Bagrationi dynasty was a king of Erekle II (ერეკლე II ( November 7, 1720, or October 7, 1721 to [[Cyril Toumanoff|C Following the Russian annexation of Georgia, Gori was granted the status of a town within the Tiflis Governorate in 1801. The Russian Empire ( Pre-reform Russian: Pоссійская Имперія Modern Russian: Российская Империя translit: Rossiyskaya Tiflis Governorate ( Old Russian: Тифлисская губернiя) was one of the Guberniyas ' of the Russian Empire with its centre It grew in size and population throughout the 19th century, but was destroyed in the 1920 earthquake. The Gori earthquake hit the town of Gori and its district the Democratic Republic of Georgia, in February 1920 causing almost a complete destruction of the town An important industrial center during the Soviet Union, Gori suffered from an economic collapse and the outflow of population during the years of a post-Soviet crisis of the 1990s. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991

Gori is located in the proximity to the Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone. It is connected to breakaway South Ossetia’s capital Tskhinvali via a railroad spur which has been defunct since the early 1990s. South Ossetia ( or; Хуссар Ирыстон Xussar Iryston; Южная Осетия Yuzhnaya Osetiya; სამხრეთი ოსეთი Samxreti Tskhinvali (also spelled Cchinvali or Cxinvali; ცხინვალი t͡sxinvɑli Цхинвал or Чъреба Tskhinval or Ch'reba In the 2000s, Georgia has increased military infrastructure in and around the city. Thus, the Central Military Hospital was relocated from Tbilisi to Gori and reequipped in October 2006. ^[1] On January 18, 2008, Georgia’s second NATO-standard military base was inaugurated at Gori. Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The North Atlantic Treaty It is to accommodate the 1st Infantry Brigade of the Georgian Ground Forces. ^[2]

Demographics

Landmarks

Statue of Stalin outside the Town Hall, Gori

Gori and its environs house several notable cultural and historical landmarks. Although for many foreigners Gori is principally known as Joseph Stalin’s birthplace, in Georgian historical memory the city has long been associated with its citadel, the Goris-Tsikhe, which is built on a cliffy hill overlooking the central part of Gori. Joseph Stalin ( ნამდვილი გვარი ჯუღაშვილი|Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili; March 5 1953 was General Secretary of the Communist Party Goris-Tsikhe (გორის ციხე "the fortress of Gori" is a medieval Citadel in Georgia, standing above the city of Gori on a rocky On another hill, stands the 18th-century St. George’s church of Gorijvari, a popular place of pilgrimage. In Christian hagiography Saint George is one of the most venerated saints in the Anglican Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox The ancient rock-hewn town of Uplistsikhe and the 7th-century Ateni Sioni Church are located not far from Gori. Uplistsikhe (უფლისციხე literally "the lord's fortress" is an ancient rock-hewn town in eastern Georgia, some 10 kilometers east of the The Ateni Sioni Church (ატენის სიონი is an early 7th-century Georgian Orthodox church some 10 km (6 miles south of the city of Gori

Stalin’s association with the city is emphasized by the Joseph Stalin Museum in downtown Gori and the Stalin monument in front of the City Hall, one of the fewest of such monuments surviving Khrushchev’s de-Stalinization. The Joseph Stalin Museum in Gori Georgia is dedicated to the life of Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili better known as Joseph Stalin, the leader of the Soviet Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (April 17 1894 – September 11 1971 served as First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 following The Cold War ensued as the USSR and the United States struggled indirectly for influence around the world The monument was a source of controversy in a newly independent Georgia in the 1990s, but the post-Communist government acceded to the Gori citizens’ request and left the statue untouched. ^[5][6]

References

External links

• On Gori, Georgia
• Gori and Gori region