Vladimir Anatolievich Khodov (Russian: ******** *********** *****; October 9, 1976 -- September 3, 2004) was one of the six leaders of the hostage-takers in the 2004 Beslan school hostage crisis. Vladimir was born by medical nurse Alexandra Samoshkina the Ukrainian town of Berdyansk. His father is unknown When he was three years old, Vladimir's mother married a North Ossetian military engineer, Anatoly Khodov, and moved to Elkhotovo, 40 km from Beslan, where she worked in the maternity ward of a hospital.
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Anatoly Khodov