哥里是斯大林的诞生地。他从一八七九年出生起,到一八九四年从哥里教会小学毕业止,一直生活在那里。哥里在今苏联的格鲁吉亚加盟共和国境内,距格鲁吉亚首都第比利斯七十六公里;据一九七○年统计,人口有四万八千人。哥里所在的南高加索,在沙俄时代是一个典型的殖民地,人民深受压迫。十九世纪七十年代起,随着资本主义的发展,这里产生了工人阶级,工农劳动群众也开始组织起来。在俄国一九○五至一九○七年革命时期,哥里是格鲁吉亚的一个革命中心。十月革命以后,哥里建立了棉纺厂,罐头食品厂和木材厂等。哥里位于库拉河的河谷中,背靠山壁。山顶上耸立着一座七世纪的古堡,库拉河流过山脚下 Gori is the birthplace of Stalin. He was born from 1879 until his graduation from the Gori primary school in 1894. Gori is now in the Soviet Union’s Republic of Georgia, 76 km from Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. According to the 1970 statistics, the population is 48,000. The southern Caucasus, where Gori was located, was a typical colony in the era of Czarist Russia and was deeply oppressed by the people. Since the seventies of the 18th century, with the development of capitalism, a working class has emerged here, and the working people of workers and peasants have begun to organize themselves. During Russia’s revolution from 1905 to 1907, Gori was a center of revolution in Georgia. After the October Revolution, Gori established a cotton mill, canned food factory and timber mill. Gori is located in the valley of the Kura River, backed by the mountain wall. The top of the hill stands a seven-century castle, Kura River flows through the foot of the mountain