Beslan
Beslan (Russian Беслан, Ossetian Беслӕн, pronunciation? / I ), with 36 728 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ) is the third largest city in the belonging to the Russian Federation, the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania. It is the center of the Rajons Prawobereschny (of "right bank ", referring to the situation to the river Terek ) and is located about 15 kilometers north of Vladikavkaz, the capital of North Ossetia.
Traffic
Beslan has a civilian airfield with the geographical coordinates 43 ° 12 ' 18 "North, 44 ° 36' 24 " East. The city is an important railway junction between Rostov-on- Don and Baku. Here a branch line begins to Vladikavkaz. In addition Beslan is located on the Russian highways M29 and A301.
History
The town was founded in 1847 by nomads from Ossetia and was on Ossetian Бесланыхъæу / Beslanychjæu, "settlement of Beslan " ( according to a local nobleman, Beslan Tulatow ) called. In official Russian parlance, the village was known by the surname as Тулатово / Tulatowo or Тулатовское / Tulatowskoje. 1941 place in Иристон / Iriston has been renamed. In 1950 he received after rapid industrialization along with the city charter the name of Beslan.
In Beslan (then Iriston ) was built a large corn mill in the 1940s. Today, the city is characterized by industry and agriculture.
Beslan siege
On 1 September 2004, Chechen terrorists took at a local school on the first day of the year more than 1,200 hostages, including a majority of children, ostensibly to obtain the release of detained in Ingushetia Chechen sympathizers. At the storming of the school according to official figures 331 hostages died, most of them minors.
Demographics
Note: Census data
Sons and daughters of the town
- Alan Dsagojew (* 1990), football player, was appointed in August 2012 to honor citizens of Beslan
- Alan Dudayev (* 1981), Ringer
- Kakhaber Khubezhty (* 1987), Ringer
- Soslan Kzojew (* 1982 ), Ringer