print email comment close Beslan: Siege of School No. 1 URL: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/beslan-seige-of-school-1/introduction/246/ Description: This Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Wide Angle program "examines the three-day ordeal [in the Russian town of Beslan in September 2004] that saw Chechen gunmen hold more than 1,000 hostages, most of them children" and "in which several hundred children and adults were killed." The companion website provides background information about the Chechen conflict, a lesson plan, and maps, photos, and essays about Chechnya and the surrounding area. Publisher: Educational Broadcasting Corporation, Inc. Library of Congress Subject Headings: Beslan (Russia) -- History Chechnia (Russia) -- History -- Civil War, 1994- New this week Terrorism -- Russia (Federation) -- Beslan LII Database Information: Record 7667 created by Jennifer English on 09/01/2005 Last modification on 07/12/2008 Published: 09/01/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/7667