The town of Gory has been known since the 15th century as the estate of the Drutsky-Gorsky princes in the Orsha district of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In 1619, the Mountains received the Magdeburg Law. Since 1772 – a part of the Russian Empire, and since 1785 – a town of the Chaussky district, the possession of the princes Salogubov. In 1811, a linen factory, which was the largest serf factory in Belarus, began work in the Mountains. In 1812, the town and the estate were plundered by Napoleon’s troops. In 1860, the Mountains numbered 140 villages, 1199 inhabitants, and a public school worked. In 1930, the Chyrvony stsyag collective farm was formed in the Mountains. There were 2 mills – water and oil, creamery and flax mill. In July 1941, the Mountains were occupied by the German fascist invaders. The Jews of the town were driven into the ghetto by the Nazis and soon killed. In September 1943, chastisers burned down 180 houses and killed 93 residents. In 1944 the collective farm was restored. Since 1950, the village of Gory has been the center of the enlarged collective farm “Chyrvony stsyag”, since 1954 – the collective farm named after V.I. Khrushchev, since 1957 – the collective farm. Sverdlov. At present, the agro-town Gory is the center of SZAO Gory.