Talk:Gori, Georgia

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Stalin's Statue

I'd be willing to travel to Georgia just to see that statue. Really, I'm curious as why the city kept it, or more - why it was spared the purge of the other relics of the Soviet past. Shadowrun 09:01, 4 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The answer is in your post. :) The statue brings money as it is Gori's most famous tourist attraction.--Kober^Talk 12:36, 5 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

South Ossetian Conflict

Reports are that Russian Su-25's have bombed Gori on August 8th, 2008. Does anyone have more detailed information and sources on this development? 164.67.237.253 (talk) 22:52, 8 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Actually they are inside Gori now--Mustafaahmedhussien (talk) 20:19, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Name

Is there any connection between the name of this Georgian city and the Russian word горы (gory, mountains)? Or is that just a coincidence? —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 19:08, 9 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

According polish wikipedia the name is derived from georgian name of the fortress Goris Ciche (Fortress on the hill).--ALadinN (talk) 20:58, 13 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Спасибо. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 02:15, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Another (better) translation of 'Goris Ciche is The fortress of Gori. [1]

This name contein no "gory" :-) You have to ask on georgian wikipedia. --ALadinN (talk) 21:00, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"gori" or "gora" in Georgian means small hill, but in Russian it means mountains. Russian noun is plural as Georgian singular. As the fortress of Gori is located on the small hill, from it is the name I think (no sources sorry). --Rustavizauri (talk) 23:38, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Очень интересно (very interesting). Especially since Georgian and Russian are in different language families, so it looks as if one language borrowed a word or root from the other at some point. I wonder if there's an etymological joke in there somewhere: something like "to a Russian, they're mountains, but to a Georgian, it's a small hill". But now I'm heading into WP:FORUM territory. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 03:58, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Stalin cult

It never ceases to amaze me that in certain parts of Russia and other ex-Soviet countries, thoroughly discredited Soviet leaders retain respect and fame. Iosef Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili, better known as Stalin, may be the most famous Georgian ever, but he was a monster. Yet, in connection with the current Russo-Georgian conflict, I read that Gori still has a "Stalin Square."

It's not known for certain who was responsible for more deaths, Hitler or Stalin — but can you imagine the international outcry if Linz had a "Hitler Square" or a statute of the "Führer"? I just don't get it!

Sca (talk) 18:27, 12 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Apropas, an English-language article on Spiegel Online, of 13 August, includes the following:

The market square in Gori feels like a ghost town. The silver statue of Stalin that stands in the center of the square glows in the mid-day sun. The Soviet leader was born here, and he is still a symbol of the old empire. There is even a museum honoring the brutal dictator -- right in the heart of Georgia, a country that has been at war with its overpowering Russian neighbors for days.

Yet, ironically the huge Stalin statue was left undamaged by this war.

(Link: http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,druck-571823,00.html)

Ironic, indeed. Sca (talk) 14:16, 13 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Pronouniation

Can someone put up an IPA pronunciation key please? --Selket ^Talk 20:45, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]