Baku State University
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, philology, physics, mathematics, law and medicine, with an initial enrollment of 1,094 students. The first rector of BSU was Vasili Razumovsky, a former professor of surgery at Kazan University.