Sara Shakulova, between 1906 and 1907
Sara Shakulova (fifth from right) with revolutionaries, 1907-1908.
Sara Shakulova in childhood

Sayyidah Sara Kasimovna Shakulova (Russian: Сара Касимовна Шакулова; 27 July 1887 — 5 September 1964) was a Russian mathematician and the first female mathematician of Tatar descent.[1]

Shakulova taught maths at the Zaraysky Real College in Ryazan Governorate (1915-1916), Kazan Urban Female Commercial College (1916-1919), Tatar Aitova School, and L. Khusainova Female School. In 1919-1923, she worked as vice people’s commissar for education and head of the Main Office for Professional Technical Education of the Bashkir ASSR.[2]

In 1923, on the invitation of the People's Commissariat for Education, she moved to Moscow, where she worked as inspector of non-Russian language schools. At the same time, she taught maths in schools and higher educational institutions. From 1925, she was the director of the N. Narimanov Tatar School No. 1 in Moscow.[2]

Sara Shakulova with students, 1920s

References

  1. ^ "First Tatar female mathematician: prophet's descendant". Реальное время (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2024-07-21. Retrieved 2025-03-03.
  2. ^ a b "Sayyid Shakulovs: Muslim lifestyle but without hypocrisy and dogmatism". Реальное время (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2024-08-12. Retrieved 2025-03-04.

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