The settlement is mentioned at different times under different names - Gorki, Gurka, Górka. Our village is marked on the map of 1832 under the name “Gorka”. There is also a mention of Gorki on the Schubert maps of 1864-1887. Schubert cards 1864-1887 On Russian maps from the early 20th century, the village is called Gurka. In a document from 1905, about the population of the Russian Empire with more than 500 inhabitants, Gurki is mentioned with a total population of 949 people, 470 males, 479 females.