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Empress Alexandra Russian Muslim Boarding School for Girls

Empress Alexandra Russian Muslim Boarding School for Girls - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The Empress Alexandra Russian Muslim School for Girls (; Azerbaijani: Aleksandra imperator rus-müsəlman qız məktəbi) of Baku (present-day Azerbaijan) was the first secular school for Muslim girls in the Russian Empire. It was built in 1901 sponsored by the Azeri oil baron and philanthropist Zeynalabdin Taghiyev. Read more on Wikipedia

• type: building
• date from: 1918

Source: en.wikipedia.org