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Gori

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Gori , city (1989 pop. 68,924), central Georgia. A rail junction, it has food processing plants. Mentioned in the 7th cent. as Tontio, it was later named after a fortress. Gori passed to Russia in 1801. Joseph Stalin was born in the city.

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Gori, Georgia Tonti ‘Mountain’, although this is something of a misnomer. However, the ancient and now ruined fortress, called Goristsikhe, was built on a hill overlooking the present town.

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