Baku State University (BSU) is a public university located in Baku, Azerbaijan. Established on 1 September 1919 by the Parliament of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, the university started with faculties of history and philology, physics and mathematics, and law and medicine, with an initial enrollment of 1094. The first rector of BSU was V.I.Razumovsky, a former professor of surgery at Kazan University.
The students of Medical Faculty of Baku Student University in 1923
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Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and West Asia. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia's republic of Dagestan to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia and Turkey to the west, and Iran to the south. Baku is the capital and largest city.
Petroglyphs in Gobustan National Park dating back to the 10th millennium BC indicating a thriving culture
The siege of Ganja Fortress in 1804 during the Russo-Persian War of 1804–1813
Soviet Army paratroopers during the Black January tragedy in 1990
Caucasus Mountains in northern Azerbaijan
