Gori City Hall ( ka, გორის მერია, ''goris meria'') is an administrative building of Gori, Georgia, a city in eastern

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

, which serves as the

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capital of

Shida Kartli Shida Kartli ( ka, შიდა ქართლი, , ; "Inner Kartli") is a landlocked administrative region (''Mkhare'') in eastern Georgia. It comprises a central part of the historical-geographic province of Shida Kartli. With an area of , S ...

History

According to media reports, the hall has been a target of shelling by Russian troops during the 2008 Russian Georgian war. Until 2010, there was a monument to

Joseph Stalin Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as General Secretar ...

in front of the City Hall who was born in this city.

References

{{Georgia-stub Gori Buildings and structures in Gori, Georgia