Beslan

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en_nameBeslan
ru_nameБеслан
loc_name1Беслӕн
loc_lang1Ossetic
image_skylineЖелезнодорожный вокзал станции Беслан.jpg
image_captionRailway station in Beslan
coordinates
image_coaCoatofarmsofBeslan2020.png
federal_subjectRepublic of North Ossetia–Alania
federal_subject_ref
adm_district_jurPravoberezhny District
adm_district_jur_ref
adm_selsoviet_jurBeslan
adm_selsoviet_typeTown Under District Jurisdiction
adm_selsoviet_jur_ref
adm_ctr_of1Pravoberezhny District
adm_ctr_of1_ref
adm_ctr_of2Beslan Town Under District Jurisdiction
adm_ctr_of2_ref
inhabloc_catTown
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mun_district_jurPravoberezhny Municipal District
mun_district_jur_ref
urban_settlement_jurBeslanskoye Urban Settlement
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mun_admctr_of1Pravoberezhny Municipal District
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mun_admctr_of2Beslanskoye Urban Settlement
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pop_2010census36728
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established_date1847
postal_codes363020, 363021, 363023–363027, 363029
dialing_codes86737
websitehttp://www.beslan.ru
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It was previously known as Tulatovo/Tulatovskoye (until 1941) and Iriston (until 1950).

History

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. In official use, however, the town was known after Tulatov's surname as Tulatovo or Tulatovskoye. It was renamed Iriston (lit. Ossetia) in 1941. From 1942 to 1943 the Germans tried to take Beslan, on the Adyghea-Beslan-Mozdok line. In 1950, when the town was rapidly industrialising, it was renamed Beslan.

Beslan school hostage crisis

Main article: Beslan school siege

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 status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Beslan serves as the administrative center of Pravoberezhny District. As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Pravoberezhny District as Beslan Town Under District Jurisdiction. As a municipal division, Beslan Town Under District Jurisdiction is incorporated within Pravoberezhny Municipal District as Beslanskoye Urban Settlement.

Economy

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.

Transportation

The town is served by the Beslan Airport.

Geography

Beslan lies about 29 km north of Vladikavkaz, the capital of the republic, and about 1000 mi south of Moscow.

Ethnic groups

As of 2021, the ethnic composition of Beslan was:

Education

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.

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. Immediately after School No. 1 closed, classes for children who would have attended it were held at School No. 6.

Notable people

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References

  1. {{ru-pop-ref. 2002Census
  2. {{ru-pop-ref. 1989Census
  3. {{ru-pop-ref. 1979Census
  4. {{ru-pop-ref. 2010Census
  5. Law #34-RZ
  6. Law #17-RZ
  7. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20040905071235/http://www.guardian.co.uk/flash/russia_ossetia_school.swf Russia School massacre]." ''[[The Guardian]]''. Retrieved on October 31, 2011. Click the slides until the part about Beslan's location
  8. Perry, Tony. "[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-sep-01-wk-beslan1-story.html TELEVISION REVIEW The voices of innocence lost]." ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''. September 1, 2005. Retrieved on December 24, 2017.
  9. "Национальный состав населения". Rosstat.
  10. link. (October 26, 2016 ." [[SAE World Council of Hellenes Abroad]]. September 7, 2010. Retrieved on November 7, 2011.)
  11. Ewart, Ewa. "[https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/8227119.stm The children of Beslan five years on]." ''[[BBC]]''. Saturday August 29, 2009. Retrieved on October 1, 2011.
  12. Varoli, John. "[http://www.unicef.org/ceecis/reallives_1448.html Russian Federation: Beslan -- six months on] {{Webarchive. link. (October 26, 2016 ." [[UNICEF]]. Retrieved on October 5, 2011.)

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