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. <sep>, Pronoun: he <sep>, A: Vladimir <sep>, B: Anatoly Khodov