Nur-Pashi Kulayev

Nur-Pashi Kulayev (born 1980), a native of Engenoi, Chechnya, is thought to be the sole survivor of the 32 hostage-takers in the 2004 Beslan school hostage crisis, although Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev denied the claim, stating that one other escaped.

Kulayev was a 24-year-old unemployed carpenter at the time of the attack. His brother Han-Pashi had formerly served as bodyguard for Basayev.