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Beslan (Russian: Бесла́н; Ossetic: Беслӕн) is a town located in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, Russia. It lies about fifteen kilometers north of Vladikavkaz and is the administrative center of Pravoberezhny District. Beslan is the third largest town in the republic behind Vladikavkaz and Mozdok. Its population as of the 2002 Census was 35,550 (up from 32,469 recorded in the 1989 Census). File links The following pages link to this file: North Ossetia-Alania Vladikavkaz Mozdok Beslan Ardon, North Ossetia Alagir Categories: Caucasus maps ... File links The following pages link to this file: North Ossetia-Alania Vladikavkaz Mozdok Beslan Ardon, North Ossetia Alagir Categories: Caucasus maps ... The Entholinguistic patchwork of the modern Caucasus - CIA map Ossetic or Ossetian (Ossetic: or , Persian: اوسِتی) is an Iranian language spoken in Ossetia, a region on the slopes of the Caucasus mountains on the borders of Russia and Georgia. ... Types of settlements in Russia, Soviet Union, and some other post-Soviet states have certain peculiarities with respect to the English language traditions. ... Capital Vladikavkaz Area - total - % water Ranked 84th - 8,000 km² - negligible Population - Total - Density Ranked 68th - est. ... Photo of Vladikavkaz cathedral mosque in 1912. ... Photo of Vladikavkaz cathedral mosque in 1912. ... Map of North Ossetia, Russia Mozdok (Russian: ; Ossetian: Мæздæг) is a town in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania in southern Russia. ... Russian Census of 2002 (Russian: ) was the first census of Russian Federation carried out on October 9, 2002. ... The 1989 Soviet Census was the final and most comprehensive census taken within The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics The census officially recorded the popullation of the USSR at 286,717,000, making it the third most populous country in the world. ...

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. Central market and Church in Rostov. ... Coordinates: , Country Government  - Mayor Hajibala Abutalybov Area  - City 260 km²  (100. ...

History

The town was founded in 1847 by migrants from elsewhere in Ossetia and was named Beslanykau ("the settlement of Beslan") after a local lord, Beslan Tulatov. In official use, though, the town was known after Tulatov's surname as Tulatovo or Tulatovskoye. It was renamed Iriston (Ossetia) in 1941 and in 1950, when the rapidly industrializing town was unified into a single municipality, it was renamed as Beslan. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Beslan school hostage crisis

Main article: Beslan school hostage crisis

On September 1, 2004, Beslan's Secondary School Number One was seized by a group of at least 32 Chechen terrorists . The siege ended on September 3 with a bloody shootout between the terrorists and Russian security forces. According to official data, 344 civilians were killed, 186 of them children, and hundreds more wounded. The Republic of North Ossetia in Russia The Beslan school hostage crisis (Russian: , also referred to as the Beslan school siege or Beslan Massacre) began when a group of armed Chechen separatists and supporters took more than 1,200 schoolchildren and adults hostage on September 1, 2004, at School Number... is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Chechen Republic (IPA: ; Russian: , Chechenskaya Respublika; Chechen: , Noxçiyn Respublika), or, informally, Chechnya (; Russian: ; Chechen: , Noxçiyçö), sometimes referred to as Ichkeria, Chechnia, Chechenia or Noxçiyn, is a federal subject of Russia. ... This article contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

	Cities and towns in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania
	Capital: Vladikavkaz Alagir | Ardon | Beslan | Digora | Mozdok Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Capital Vladikavkaz Area - total - % water Ranked 84th - 8,000 km² - negligible Population - Total - Density Ranked 68th - est. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_North_Ossetia. ... Photo of Vladikavkaz cathedral mosque in 1912. ... Map of North Ossetia, Russia Alagir (Russian: Алаги́р) is an industrial town in the Russia. ... Map of North Ossetia, Russia Ardon (Russian: ; Ossetic: Æрыдон) is a town located in the central part of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, Russia. ... Digora (Russian: ; Ossetic: Дигорæ) is a town in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, Russia. ... Map of North Ossetia, Russia Mozdok (Russian: ; Ossetian: Мæздæг) is a town in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania in southern Russia. ...