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(r. 1089-1125) who settled refugees
from Armenia there. However, the fortress of Gori (Goris-Tsikhe), appears to have been in use already in the 7th century,
and archaeological evidence indicates the existence of an urban community in Classical Antiquity. In 1299, Gori was captured by the Alantribesmen fleeing the Mongol conquest of their original
homeland in the
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