In an atmosphere of emotion and in the presence of the Greek Ambassador to Moscow, Katerina Nasika, the unveiling of the bust of the Greek teacher, Giannis Kanidis, took place on Wednesday, December 15, in Beslan, North Ossetia. It was ten o’clock in the morning local time when armed Chechen Islamists stormed the school complex and after gathering students, teachers and some parents at the school, they blew themselves up when the building exploded and exploded. hostages if the government in Moscow does not comply with their demands.
Ivan Kanidis was offered to leave because of his advanced age, but he refused and despite suffering a heart attack from the first day of the hostage-taking, he continued to encourage the other hostages. for the children, when one of the terrorists was getting ready to shoot them and then tried to disarm him. flames.
A total of 186 students, 111 parents and relatives, 17 teachers and 9 members of the security forces were killed in this terrorist act that caused worldwide emotion. “We forget them, the memory of Kanidis, a teacher and citizen of the Russian Federation, an expatriate”, said Mrs. Nasika. The Greek Ambassador recalled the importance of Kanidis’s heroic act, which was posthumously honored with the Medal of Honor of the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation, “For the Protection of Human Rights”.
The New School – donated by Greece and Norway – has been operating since September 6, 2010, six years after the horrific attack and today its director is Kanidis’s son, Costas. “All of Beslan’s children, Christians and Muslims, attend our new school. It is all day, elementary and high school together, says Costas Kanidis to the Athenian-Macedonian News Agency.
“We have 300 students but the Greek children are few, because few Greek Pontian families now live in Beslan,” he added. Hellenic Republic, Kaisev and Tsarikayev Families, Hellenic Association “Prometheus” of North Ossetia – Alanya “. Beslan is a small town with the largest cemetery in the world – a monument for children – victims of terrorism. It is a unique cemetery in the North Caucasus, where Christians and Muslims “rest” together in peace.
The prominent Greek, Russian politician, Prime Minister of the Republic of Karachay-Cherkessia (2008-2010), academic and important businessman, Vladimir Kaishev, one of the sponsors of the bust, speaking to APE-MPE, expressed his satisfaction and that he had towards the Greek Kanidis, who as he says “raised our vigor and we feel proud of him”.
The bust of Giannis Kanidis was created by the well-known Russian sculptor from Moscow, Irini Makarova. “It was difficult to make a smiling face with hard material, such as bronze, but knowing the story of the teacher and the man, full of kindness and sacrifice, I accepted the photo suggested by his son,” he said, speaking to APE-MPE.
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