Beslan
{{#invoke:other uses|otheruses}} Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox Russian inhabited locality {{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template other Beslan (Template:Langx; Template:Langx, Beslæn, {{#if:Beslan.ogg|{{#ifexist:Media:Beslan.ogg|<phonos file="Beslan.ogg">listen</phonos>|{{errorTemplate:Main other|Audio file "Beslan.ogg" not found}}Template:Category handler}}}}) is a town and the administrative center of Pravoberezhny District of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania, Russia, located about Template:Convert north of the republic's capital Vladikavkaz, close to the border with the Republic of Ingushetia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 36,728, making it the third largest town in the republic behind Vladikavkaz and Mozdok.<ref name="2010Census">Template:Ru-pop-ref</ref>
It was previously known as Tulatovo/Tulatovskoye (until 1941) and Iriston (until 1950).
HistoryEdit
Beslan was founded in 1847 by migrants from elsewhere in Ossetia and was unofficially called Beslanykau ("the settlement of Beslan") after a local lord, Beslan Tulatov.Template:Citation needed In official use, however, the town was known after Tulatov's surname as Tulatovo or Tulatovskoye.Template:Citation needed It was renamed Iriston (lit. Ossetia) in 1941. From 1942 to 1943 the Germans tried to take Beslan, on the Adyghea-Beslan-Mozdok line.Template:Citation needed In 1950, when the town was rapidly industrialising, it was renamed Beslan.Template:Citation needed
Beslan school hostage crisisEdit
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On 1 September 2004, Beslan's School No. 1 was seized by a group of at least thirty-two Islamic terrorists related to the Second Chechen War. The siege ended on 3 September with a bloody shootout between the terrorists and the Russian security forces. According to official data, 334 people were killed, 186 of them children, and hundreds more wounded. All but one of the hostage-takers were killed, with the survivor arrested and later tried and convicted and sentenced to imprisonment.
Administrative and municipal statusEdit
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Beslan serves as the administrative center of Pravoberezhny District.<ref name="RNorthOssetia_adm">Law #34-RZ</ref> As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Pravoberezhny District as Beslan Town Under District Jurisdiction.<ref name="RNorthOssetia_adm" /> As a municipal division, Beslan Town Under District Jurisdiction is incorporated within Pravoberezhny Municipal District as Beslanskoye Urban Settlement.<ref name="RNorthOssetiaPravoberezhnyD_mun">Law #17-RZ</ref>
EconomyEdit
Beslan is an important railway junction, situated on the main line between Rostov-on-Don and Baku, and is the starting point of a branch line to Vladikavkaz. It is an industrial-agricultural town dominated by a large corn processing plant established in the 1940s.
TransportationEdit
The town is served by the Beslan Airport.
GeographyEdit
Beslan lies about Template:Convert north of Vladikavkaz, the capital of the republic,<ref name="Guardian">"Russia School massacre." The Guardian. Retrieved on October 31, 2011. Click the slides until the part about Beslan's location</ref> and about Template:Convert south of Moscow.<ref>Perry, Tony. "TELEVISION REVIEW The voices of innocence lost." Los Angeles Times. September 1, 2005. Retrieved on December 24, 2017.</ref>
Ethnic groupsEdit
As of 2021, the ethnic composition of Beslan was:<ref name="ВПН-2020">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
EducationEdit
One of the schools in Beslan is the Ivan and Konstantin Kanidis School. It was dedicated in 2010 and named after teacher Ivan (Yanis) Kanidis and his son; the teacher died during the Beslan school siege in 2004 at School No. 1. The governments of Greece and Norway paid 2.5 million euros through the United Nations Program of Development to have the school built. The school's athletic programs specialize in soccer.<ref>"«Ivan Kanidis» School inauguration Template:Webarchive." SAE World Council of Hellenes Abroad. September 7, 2010. Retrieved on November 7, 2011.</ref>
Another school is located on Kominterna Street. It replaced School No. 1, which closed after the hostage crisis. Officials chose not to give the replacement school, located across the street from School No. 1, a number.<ref>Ewart, Ewa. "The children of Beslan five years on." BBC. Saturday August 29, 2009. Retrieved on October 1, 2011.</ref> Immediately after School No. 1 closed, classes for children who would have attended it were held at School No. 6.<ref>Varoli, John. "Russian Federation: Beslan -- six months on Template:Webarchive." UNICEF. Retrieved on October 5, 2011.</ref>
Notable peopleEdit
- Alan Dzagoev (b. 1990), Russian professional association football player
- Zaurbek Sidakov (b. 1996), a 2020 Olympic champion and two-time World Champion amateur freestyle wrestler
- Yanis Kanidis (b. 1930), former Physical Education teacher, who was killed in the Beslan School Siege, to save the lives of children.
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