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Favorite thing: At the feet of Goris Tsikhe, on a shelf stand an amazing assembly. Seven wounded Middle-Ages warrior, twice man size, sit on rocks. They are actually VERY wounded : broken chests , at least missing hands or arms,! One of them has lost both arms anf half of his skull. Another one has lost both arms, both legs and his head. That certainly refers to a historical event in the Middle Ages but have not found any clue about it.
Gori beeing strategically situated at a major crossroad has been repeatedly invaded but none of the invasions and following sack of the town seem more blooddy than the others. Is that an allegorical memorial to all invasions of Gori ? May be! If anybody has a clue, I would be glad to learn!
Updated Nov 12, 2011
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Favorite thing: Saint Mary’s church was built as a Catholic church in the XVIIth. At that time, there was an important catholic community in Gori. Local named it “French Church”, “French” meaning “catholic”. In the 90s, it was turned into an Orthodox church. The rain was too strong and I did not visit it, just took a photo from the wounded warriors assembly. Though, it seems that it is worth a visit.
Written Oct 25, 2011
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Favorite thing: It was raining cats and dogs, therefore, we gave up to walk to Goris Tsikhe. One of the main interests of Goris Tsikhe is the view on the Caucasus mountains. It was built in the late Middle Ages on the remains of a former fort that was already mentioned in 65 BC.
Written Oct 25, 2011
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Favorite thing: Gori is an industrial city in the Shida Kartli province of Georgia which no one woud ever mention or visit, if it was not for a very famous former resident and the large
museum dedicated to him.
Gori is also the birthplace of Joseph Vassariovic Djugashvili - which you may know better by the nickname Stalin, meaning "iron". The last standing statue to him in the former Soviet Union is in Gori.
Fondest memory: People are still very fond of him in Gori, and will not fail to tell you, and it's possibly the only place in Georgia where you'll feel that the population is regretting the times of the Great Soviet Union. This comes across quite as a surprise, since during his rule Stalin did not do his fellow Georgian countrymen any favour (actually he murdred many and exiled many others).
Updated Aug 19, 2006
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Gori is an industrial city in the Shida Kartli province of Georgia which no one woud ever mention or visit, if it was not for a very famous former resident and...
Q: Can you tell me date of opening of the museum: was it opened at same time as birthplace and railway car exhibit? Thank you.
A: well i do not know for sure, but what I remember once the guide at the museum telling me was that the railway car was brought there years later, after some director or an...
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Gori, more than Stalin’s birthplace?
Gori is a 60,000 inhabitants city of eastern Georgia, in Shida Karti province. It has a long history as it was founded in the Xith century by king David IV. However, the name of Gori evokes...
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Gori is a small city near Tblisi. You have to visit this city! You must have been there! What is so special about this town? It is the birth town of Stalin. The only existant statues of Stalin......
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Gori: It's a rough ride, but worth it for those who aren't afraid of dealing with hardship and seeing some anachronisms and odd history
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When I was in Georgia in Soviet time I passed also the tiny town of Gori, most famous as the place of birth of Josip Vyssaronovich Dzhugashvili, better known as Stalin. When I was there the Soviet......
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