Remembering (and Forgetting) Beslan
David Frenkel
Special to the Russian Reader
September 9, 2015
On September 3, several dozen Petersburgers came to Malaya Sadovaya, a pedestrian street abutting the city’s main thoroughfare, Nevsky Prospect, to remember the victims of the September 2004 Beslan school siege.
Activists lit candles and rolled out a banner featuring photographs of 334 victims. People who attended the event placed flowers and water bottles in front of the improvised memorial.
The number of people who came on purpose to remember the most devastating terrorist attack in Russian history was few. Most passersby who reacted to the memorial made scornful or indifferent comments such as “Again…” and “Ah, it’s Beslan.”
Though the event had not been coordinated with the authorities, police did not interfere.
All photos by and courtesy of David Frenkel
The Russian Reader 
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