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Yanis Kanidis was born on 1 January, 1930 in Tbilisi, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, is a Teacher. Discover Yanis Kanidis's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 74 years old?

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Occupation Teacher
Age 74 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 1 January 1930
Birthday 1 January
Birthplace Tbilisi, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
Date of death (2004-09-03) Beslan, North Ossetia, Russia
Died Place Beslan, North Ossetia, Russia
Nationality Georgia

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Yanis Kanidis Net Worth

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2006

Kanidis was killed on the third day of the hostage taking. The circumstances of his death remain unclear. According to the Israeli newspaper Yediot Aharonot, he was killed when he jumped on a grenade the terrorists had thrown at fleeing children, sacrificing his life to save theirs. According to the Greek/English newspaper Kathimerini, he was shot when he tried to dismantle a ceiling fan that had been wired to an explosive device. According to a feature by C.J. Chivers, Esquire, June 2006 Kanidis was killed while struggling with one of the terrorists, trying to buy time for others to escape. His last words were: "Get the children out!"

2004

When armed Chechen extremists took more than 1,200 school children and adults hostage on September 1, 2004 in the Russian town of Beslan in North Ossetia, in what has become known as the Beslan school hostage crisis, 74-year-old Kanidis insisted on staying with his students, helped them survive and ultimately died to save their lives.

On December 9, 2004, Kanidis was posthumously awarded the medal For Protection of Human Rights by the Russian Government. Later in the same month, one of the two new schools being constructed to replace the school destroyed in the attack was named "Ivan Kanidis".

1930

Yanis Kanidis (Greek: Γιάννης Κανίδης, Russian: Иван Константинович Каниди, romanized: Ivan Constantinovich Kanidi; January 1, 1930 – September 3, 2004) was a Russian physical education teacher, born in Georgia of Caucasus Greek origin.