On September 3, Russia celebrates the Day of Solidarity in the Fight Against Terrorism. This is the newest memorable date in Russia, established by the federal law "On the days of military glory in Russia" of July 6, 2005. It is directly related to the tragic events in Beslan on September 13, 2004.

The hostage-taking at school 1 in the city of Beslan (North Ossetia) was carried out by militants on September 1, 2004. For three days, the terrorists held in the building more than 1,100 people, mainly children, their parents and school staff, in inhuman conditions, refusing the hostages even the minimal natural needs.

On the third day, at about 13:05, explosions occurred in the school, and later a fire broke out, as a result of which the building partially collapsed. The hostages began to run out of the school, and federal forces launched an assault. During a chaotic firefight, including with the participation of civilians using personal weapons, 28 terrorists were killed (one was killed during the capture and two more, including one of the suicide bombers, were killed on the first day). The only terrorist caught alive, Nurpashi Kulaev, was arrested and subsequently sentenced to life imprisonment.

Blood, thousands of roses at the graves of the dead, hundreds of crying mothers, world despair and universal sadness is this our bright future? Think about it! Tens of thousands of people in different regions of our vast country have already become victims of terrorists. There are no people who now, with the passage of time, do not feel compassion for the victims of terrorist attacks, for those who have suffered innocently, having lost their loved ones.

What makes terrorists take up arms and kill innocent people? What is the reason for this senseless cruelty? These non-humans do not choose their targets, they do not care who dies. It is important for them to destroy our statehood, awaken fear in us, sow panic, and divide society.

The main target of terrorism is not those who became victims, but those who survived. His goal is not murder, but intimidation and demoralization of the living. Sacrifice tool, murder method. Terrorism is an undeclared war against Russia, against the most precious thing that we all have, our families, defenseless women, old people and children.

How can we resist this worldwide evil, which takes away thousands of human lives? Only tolerance and mutual respect will prevent the growth of the social base of terrorism and deprive criminals of hope for support in society. This is the best prevention of extremist sentiments.

We must remember that people of different nationalities and religions have lived together in Russia for centuries. Everyone, without exception, was united by love for the Motherland, the memory of common victories and the willingness to always lend a shoulder. We are a single state, a single society, a single people, and we are strong only when we unite. We must fight for the safety of the Fatherland together, with the participation of each citizen, each of us.

Date of publication: 16.09.2016

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Every year on September 3, Russia celebrates the Day of Solidarity in the Fight Against Terrorism. This memorable date for Russia was established in 2005 by the federal law "On the Days of Military Glory of Russia" and is associated with the tragic events in Beslan (North Ossetia, September 1-3, 2004), when militants seized one of the city schools. As a result of the terrorist attack in school No. 1, more than three hundred people were killed, among them more than 150 children.

Terrorist act in Beslan (September 1-3, 2004) September 3 - the day of solidarity in the fight against terrorism

The seizure of hostages at school No. 1 in the city of Beslan (North Ossetia), committed by terrorists on the morning of September 1, 2004, during a ceremonial line dedicated to the beginning of the school year, is one of the most terrible terrorist attacks in the history of mankind. For two and a half days, the terrorists held more than 1,100 hostages in the school building. http://famouspeople.ucoz.ru/news/10_let_tragedii_v_beslane/2014-09-02-415

September 1. 9:05 A group of 32 terrorists in two cars drove into the courtyard of secondary school No. 1 in Beslan, where a solemn assembly dedicated to the Day of Knowledge was being held at that time. Firing from machine guns, the terrorists surrounded the people gathered in the courtyard and drove them into the school building, some managed to leave the school grounds. Twenty students and school staff, hiding in the boiler room, managed to free themselves through a gap in the wall. http://rusidea.org/?a=25090113

Ira Gurieva recalls: (On September 1, 2004 she moved to the second grade) “... We entered the line, lined up. I stood behind, I could not see anything. They turned on the music. Suddenly, at some point, the music turns off, shooting begins, some kind of fuss. Everyone ran to school, me too. For a very long time they were looking for the key to the doors, no one could open these doors. And there was a very terrible crush ... At some point I turned back and saw people in camouflage with machine guns. But I didn't understand who it was. It did not fit in my head that this could be. The terrorists were already angry, they began to shoot at everyone's feet ... We entered the school, everyone scattered around the building, in all directions. I, too, ran somewhere, ran into the classroom, and everyone in the classroom sat under the desks and shouted. The terrorist came in and said: everybody get out of here ... They drove us to the gym ... "http://www.gazeta.ru/social/beslan/

Ilona Gazdanova recalls: (On September 1, 2004 she moved to the second grade) “... We were herded into the hall. One man was shot on the very first day ... All windows and doors were walled up. In all classrooms, desks and chairs were piled up to the windows so that nothing could be seen, and so on along the entire perimeter of the school. Men were used for this work. Then many of them were killed. They were killed in the same classroom, thrown out from the second floor, they fell down. I experienced a very deep shock, but I behaved with restraint, because I understood that it is dangerous to have a tantrum. I had to hold back for myself, for my mother, although it was very difficult. Some of the terrorists were sitting on the roof, some in the building. They were everywhere. Almost immediately they began to hang bombs, from one basketball hoop to another ... "

September 1. 9:25 Around 1,100 people were taken hostage, most of them were herded into the gym. Two hostages were killed. Terrorists mined the hall. Most of the hostages were herded into the main gym, the rest were taken to the gym, showers and dining room. Having driven people into the building, the terrorists forced everyone to hand over their photo and video equipment and telephones. After that, the hostages were forced to barricade the exits and windows. The windows were ordered to be broken so that the security forces could not use the gas.

September 1. 11: 00–11: 30 Mufti of North Ossetia R.I. Valgasov and FSB representative V.G. The Zangionov headed towards the school with a white flag. The terrorists fired at them, forcing them to return. Through the hostage, the terrorists passed a note in which they said that they would only negotiate with the President of North Ossetia Alexander Dzasokhov, President of Ingushetia Murat Zyazikov and pediatrician Leonid Roshal. The Ministry of Internal Affairs created two cordon lines around the school, blocking the area. Residents were evacuated from nearby houses.

September 1. 12: 25–12: 30 The terrorists handed over a videotape recording what was happening at the school, as well as a note demanding the release of the militants from the Russian prison. Negotiations began with the terrorists. September 1. 13:20 - 13:30 Terrorists handed over another note, which contained deliberately impossible demands - to withdraw Russian troops from Chechnya, to recognize the independence of Ichkeria. In the windows of the school, militants displayed children in order to avoid the storming of the building by special forces.

September 1. 16: 00-16: 30 An explosion and shots were heard in the school building. The explosion killed 5 or 6 hostages. First telephone contact with terrorists. The terrorists confirmed the previous demands and laid down the rules for violation of which hostages will be shot. September 1. 17: 00-17: 30 Terrorists fired indiscriminately from machine guns and grenade launchers at the territory adjacent to the school. The terrorists threw several bodies of the killed hostages out of the school window.

September 1. 17: 30-18: 00 Six hostages managed to escape. September 1. 20.00-21.00 Leonid Roshal arrived in Beslan. Negotiations on the transfer of food and medicine to the hostages were unsuccessful, as the militants believed that the water and medicines could contain psychotropic substances.

September 2. 7:40 The militants were not allowed to replace the children-hostages with adults. 10: 00-12: 00 The president of the RussNeft company Mikhail Gutseriev has contacted the terrorists. He offered money in exchange for the hostages. The terrorists rejected this proposal. 12: 00-13: 00 Terrorists contacted by phone the Chairman of the Parliament of North Ossetia T. D. Mamsurov. He spoke with his son, who was among the hostages.

Nadezhda Ilyinichna Tsaloeva-Gurieva recalls: (a history teacher in grades 5-7) “... They [the terrorists] perfectly understood who they were, why they had come, and what attitude they had towards them. A child from elementary school runs after Ali, one of the leaders of their gang, and says: "Uncle, can I go out for a drink?" He turns to him and says: “What kind of uncle am I? I am a bandit and a terrorist, I came to kill you! " […] Or another case. The mother of one boy, a second grader, was in a very poor condition, he had five rubles. He took out this coin, hands it to the terrorist and says: "Take it, uncle, let my mother go, you see how bad she is." And he is proud of him: “Do you know how many of these I have at home?” [...] On September 2, we already had dead children. Not because they were shot. One girl died of a diabetic coma. The boy died of a massive heart attack in his mother's arms ... "http://www.gazeta.ru/social/beslan/

September 2. 16:00 Ruslan Aushev, the former president of Ingushetia, entered the school building, with whom the terrorists had previously agreed to negotiate. The leader of the terrorists, Rasul Khuchbarov, handed him a note addressed to the Russian president allegedly from Shamil Basayev demanding the withdrawal of troops from Chechnya and granting it full sovereignty. As a result of negotiations with Aushev, 26 hostages (mothers with children under 2 years old) were released. An agreement was reached on the removal of the bodies of the killed hostages.

Ira Gurieva recalls: (On September 1, 2004, she moved to the second grade) “... The terrorists were constantly angry that there was such a noise in the hall, everyone was talking, everyone was crying. They hit the floor with rifle butts, fired into the air to keep everyone silent. On the first day and the first half of the second day, we were still afraid of them. But then no one paid attention to the threats, it was all the same. There was one desire: that we get out of here. Alive, dead - if only it was over. On the second day we were transferred to another gym, to a gym. It was very cool there, good. But we were not allowed to use the toilet. We were not given water to drink, but there we somehow managed to do it anyway. It was already unbearable to sit, everything hurt. We urinated under ourselves ... I remember a little boy who died. He was very little, well, two or three years old. And he was constantly thirsty, constantly whining, crying ... "http://www.gazeta.ru/social/beslan/

September 3rd. 12:40 The terrorists allowed the Emergencies Ministry employees to drive up to the school in order to take out the bodies of the killed hostages. September 3rd. 13: 03–13: 05 Two powerful explosions were heard in the gym. Terrorists opened fire on employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

Lavrent Perisayev recalls: (head of the search and rescue unit of the Ministry of Emergency Situations) “... At about 12:45 on the 3rd, our chief arrived. I was the commander of the unit, and he told me to identify two people who would go to retrieve the bodies of the dead. Militants at the school shot several people, including an Emergencies Ministry employee and a fire inspector. The heat was intense and the bodies were thrown out the windows. There was an agreement that they would give the bodies and we can take them back. From their side, demands were made that only the Ministry of Emergency Situations could take it away - no security forces. While everything was being decided, 15 minutes passed, and at about 13.05 explosions thundered. Everyone was alert, and the shooting began. They were shooting from all sides. As soon as the shooting began, all the hostages rushed to escape from the school through the windows. Dehydrated children jumped out, completely undressed, in only underwear, some in T-shirts, bloody, dirty, ran out of school. Children and adults ran as best they could, and they were fired upon. Many were killed in the back. http://www.gazeta.ru/social/beslan/

September 3rd. 13: 05–13: 25 The surviving hostages began to run out of the gym through the opening formed after the explosions. The soldiers rushed to carry people out of the building under the indiscriminate incessant fire of the enemy. The roof of the school collapsed. The terrorists fired at the fleeing and herded the remaining hostages into the cafeteria. Some of the hostages ended up in the gym teacher's room, near the exit from the gym. A physical education teacher snatched a submachine gun from one of the militants, but he killed the 74-year-old teacher.

Ira Gurieva recalls: (On September 1, 2004, she entered the second grade) “... By mistake we were taken to the wrong office, and there was a nightmare. Dead, burnt people, blood. I remember that then I was very scared, I closed my eyes so as not to see it. And near the window, our physical education instructor, Ivan Konstantinovich fought with the terrorist, snatched a machine gun from him, and the terrorist shot him. In the corridor and in the dining room, too, everyone was already dead. There was a lot of broken glass on the floor. The terrorists told the children to stand on the windows and shout: "Don't shoot, there are children here!" There were bars on the windows in the dining room, and one of them moved away from the wall. Our other physical education instructor, who remained alive, took it off the windowsill ... Below we saw a helmet, apparently of a special forces officer, and everyone began to jump out. I stood ... and was afraid to jump ... my mother pushed me out, because a terrorist entered the cafeteria and fired a machine-gun burst. "

September 3rd. 13:10 The operational headquarters made a decision to start a military operation. Reconnaissance and observation group snipers opened fire on the terrorist firing points to cover the spontaneous evacuation of the hostages. Corridors were created for the hostages to enter the safe zone and beyond the cordon. There are four filtration groups of officers from the ROVD and OMON to control the passage of hostages.

Alexander Betin recalls: (lieutenant colonel, fighter of group "A" - "Alpha") On September 2 and 3, special forces trained on a similar school building. At 13 hours 05 minutes suddenly came the command to urgently return to the base. “On the way, we learned that two powerful explosions took place in the gym in succession, as a result of which the roof partially collapsed. According to one of the versions, the scotch with which the explosives were attached to the basketball basket could not stand the strong heat. He pulled away, after which an explosion occurred from the impact. The "duty" militant lost his nerves, and he let go of the pedal - after which a second series of explosions began. The hostages, who could, began to jump out of the windows and run out through the front door into the school yard. The terrorists opened fire on them from machine guns and grenade launchers. Then the order was given to the FSB special forces soldiers to start the operation ... "http://www.gazeta.ru/social/beslan/

Alexander Betin recalls: (lieutenant colonel, fighter of group "A" - "Alpha") There was really nowhere to hide from the shots. An open meadow and that's it. We had to drive an APC into the courtyard of the school to the gym, but at the last moment the soldier-driver turned a little to the side and drove into the trees. We were at the level of the branches, nothing was visible. When I jumped down, I saw that my comrades were gone ... Behind the house, about twenty paces away, people were standing. When the first explosions occurred, there was confusion, local residents, trying to help the hostages who had broken through, rushed to the gym. I went to bed, they shouted to me: "Run from there, the sniper is working on that section." As it turned out later, Dima Razumovsky from Vympel was killed about fifteen meters from this site. Seeing our guys in front, he rushed after them. I remember we stood near the wall, we weren’t poking into the courtyard, we hid. There was a massive shelling, grenade launchers worked, everything exploded. And two of us have already gone ahead and lay down in the basement opposite the gym. Then Vitaly Nikolaevich comes running, shouts: "What, got up, come on after me!" And we rushed forward after the commander. http://www.gazeta.ru/social/beslan/

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Russia against terror

Terrorist act in Beslan - hostage-taking at school No. 1 in the city of Beslan (North Ossetia), committed by terrorists on the morning of September 1, 2004 during a ceremonial meeting dedicated to the beginning of the school year

For two and a half days, the terrorists held in the building more than 1,100 hostages (mainly children, their parents and school staff) in difficult conditions, denying people even the minimum natural needs.

On the third day, at about 13:05, explosions occurred in the school, and later a fire broke out, resulting in a partial collapse of the building. After the first explosions, hostages began to run out of the school, and federal forces launched an assault.

Most of the hostages were released during the assault, but as a result of the terrorist attack, 334 people, including 186 children, were killed and over 800 wounded.

Beslan, September 2004

Monument in Moscow

"Tree of Sorrow" in Beslan

Remember! We grieve!

Memo 1. How to avoid becoming a victim of a terrorist attack? Be careful; pay attention to strangers; do not hesitate, if something seems suspicious to you, inform your elders about it. Do not touch orphan bags, packages, parcels; do not pick up any things, even valuable ones: a booby-trap can be disguised as a toy, pen, mobile phone, etc.

Memo 1. How to avoid becoming a victim of a terrorist attack? Report suspicious items to the nearest police station or patrol officers. Watch out for ownerless premises, attics, basements. If possible, avoid large crowds where the likelihood of a terrorist attack increases.

Memo 2. How to behave while being held hostage? Remember the main thing - the goal is to stay alive. Pull yourself together as quickly as possible, suppress panic in yourself with all your might and try to calm down. Prepare for mental, physical and emotional challenges. Speak in a calm, even voice.

Memo 2. How to behave while being held hostage? Under no circumstances should they allow actions that could provoke the attackers to use weapons and lead to human casualties. To endure hardship, insult and humiliation without challenge or objection. Save and maintain strength.

Memo 2. How to behave while being held hostage? Do not take any action, ask permission. Move less. Remember that everything necessary and possible is being done for your release.

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