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Yordanka Youroukova
Yordanka Nikoleva Youroukova (Bulgarian: Йорданка Николова Юрукова; 19 January 1936 – 31 March 2012) was a Bulgarian archaeologist and numismatist, who was a corresponding member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. BiographyYouroukova was born in 1936 in Sofia.[1] In 1960, she graduated in history at Sofia University, where her teacher was Prof. Todor Gerasimov [bg].[2] She subsequently went to France to the Sorbonne University for her doctoral studies. She defended a thesis entitled: "Les ateliers de l'Orient Byzantin" ("The mints in the Byzantine Orient").[3] After her return, she successively became a research associate (1962), senior research associate (second degree) in 1974 and (first degree) in 1987. In 2008, she was elected a corresponding member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.[4] For much of her career, Youroukova taught at the Faculty of History at Sofia University: from 1974 as a part-time lecturer in numismatics, and from 1992 as a professor of numismatics. Between 1975 and 1997 she lectured part-time at Veliko Tarnovo University. From 1992 to 2001 she was the director of the Archeology Department of the New Bulgarian University.[4] She lectured widely, including at the Sorbonne, and at the universities of Uppsala, Geneva, Munich, Frankfurt, and San Diego.[5] She was the editor (1966–1974) and chief editor (from 1974) of the magazine "Numismatica", and from 1974 to 2004 she was a member of the editorial board of the magazine "Archaeologia". She retired in 2003 and died on 31 March 2012.[3][6] Youroukova specialised in Thracian coinage, publishing widely on the subject.[1] She demonstrated that the coinage of Rhoimetalkes I was more impressive than his heirs'.[7] She also worked on the coinage of Lower Mysia and had research interests in medieval Bulgarian seals and Byzantine sigillography.[1] Recognition
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