Baku State University (Azerbaijani: Bakı Dövlət Universiteti) is a public university located in Baku, Azerbaijan. The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... The word rector (ruler, from the Latin regere) has a number of different meanings, but all of them indicate someone who is in charge of something. ... A faculty is a division within a university. ... For other uses, see Baku (disambiguation). ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... This does not cite its references or sources. ... For other uses, see Baku (disambiguation). ...

Founded in 1919 by an act of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, the University opened with departments of history, philology, physics, mathematics, law and medicine with an enrollment of 1094. The first rector of university was V.I. Razumovsky, former professor of surgery at Kazan University. Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... Motto: None Anthem: Azərbaycan Respublikasının Dövlət Himni March of Azerbaijan Map of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic from 1919 to 1920. ... The word rector (ruler, from the Latin regere) has a number of different meanings, but all of them indicate someone who is in charge of something. ... Kazan State University is located in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia. ...

In 1930, the government ordered the University shut down in accordance with a reorganization of higher education, and was replaced with the Supreme Pedagogical Institute. However, in 1934 the University was reestablished and continued its previous work. The University also made it through a tough time during World War II, which created a shortage of faculty members. Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

By 50th anniversary of University in 1959, there were 13 schools. The Azerbaijan Medical University and Azerbaijan State Economic University are both outgrowths of their original respective departments at Baku State University. Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Azerbaijan Medical University named after Nariman Narimanov (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Tibb Universiteti) is the formal name of the public medical school located in Baku, Azerbaijan. ... Azerbaijan State Economic University (ASEU) (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Dövlət İqtisad Universiteti (ADIU)) is a public university located in Baku, Azerbaijan. ...

Among its alumni, the University counted Heydar Aliyev, who dominated the political life of Azerbaijan for over 30 years and was president of the country for its first decade of independence. As a result, the University received strong government support. Heydar Alirza oglu Aliyev (Heydər Əlirza oğlu Əliyev in Azerbaijani) (sometimes transliterated as Heidar Aliev or Geidar Aliev from the Russian Гейдар Алиев) (May 10, 1923? - December 12, 2003) served as president of Azerbaijan for the New Azerbaijan Party from June 1993 to October 2003, when his son Ilham Aliyev...

External links

• Baku State University website (English page)