Nur-Pashi Aburkashevich Kulayev (Russian: ???????´ ??????´????? ????´??; born 1980) is a terrorist and the sole survivor of the 32 hostage-takers in the 2004 Beslan school hostage crisis.
A native of Nozhay-Yurtovsky District, Chechnya, Kulayev was a 24-year-old unemployed carpenter at the time of the attack.
His brother Han-Pashi Kulayev had formerly served as bodyguard for Shamil Basayev.