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Yordanka Nikoleva Youroukova (; 19 January 1936 – 31 March 2012) was a Bulgarian archaeologist and
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, who was a corresponding member of the
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (abbreviated BAS; bg, Българска академия на науките, ''Balgarska akademiya na naukite'', abbreviated ''БАН'') is the National Academy of Bulgaria, established in 1869. The Academy ...
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Biography

Youroukova was born in 1936 in
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. In 1960, she graduated in history at
Sofia University Sofia University, "St. Kliment Ohridski" at the University of Sofia, ( bg, Софийски университет „Св. Климент Охридски“, ''Sofijski universitet „Sv. Kliment Ohridski“'') is the oldest higher education i ...
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.Научноинформационен_център_„Българска_енциклопедия“._Голяма_енциклопедия_„България“._Том_12._София,_Книгоиздателска_къща_„Труд“,_2012._ISBN_9789548104340._с._4903. For_much_of_her_career,_Youroukova_taught_at_the_Faculty_of_History_at_University_of_Sofia.html" "title="bg:Тодор_Герасимов">bg.html" ;"title=":bg:Тодор_Герасимов.html" ;"title="nowiki/>:bg:Тодор_Герасимов">bg">:bg:Тодор_Герасимов.html" ;"title="nowiki/>:bg:Тодор_Герасимов">bg 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"). 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 The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (abbreviated BAS; bg, Българска академия на науките, ''Balgarska akademiya na naukite'', abbreviated ''БАН'') is the National Academy of Bulgaria, established in 1869. The Academy ...
.Научноинформационен център „Българска енциклопедия“. Голяма енциклопедия „България“. Том 12. София, Книгоиздателска къща „Труд“, 2012. ISBN 9789548104340. с. 4903. For much of her career, Youroukova taught at the Faculty of History at University of Sofia">Sofia University Sofia University, "St. Kliment Ohridski" at the University of Sofia, ( bg, Софийски университет „Св. Климент Охридски“, ''Sofijski universitet „Sv. Kliment Ohridski“'') is the oldest higher education i ...
: 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. She lectured widely, including at the Sorbonne, and at the universities of Uppsala, Geneva, Munich, Frankfurt, and San Diego. 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. Youroukova specialised in Thracian coinage, publishing widely on the subject. She demonstrated that the coinage of Rhoimetalkes I was more impressive than his heirs'. She also worked on the coinage of Lower Mysia and had research interests in medieval Bulgarian seals and Byzantine
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Recognition

* Honorary Member - Romanian Numismatic Society (1985) * Vermeil Token - French Numismatic Society (1986) * Honorary Member - Croatian Numismatic Society (1987) * Corresponding Member -
American Numismatic Society The American Numismatic Society (ANS) is a New York City-based organization dedicated to the study of coins, money, medals, tokens, and related objects. Founded in 1858, it is the only American museum devoted exclusively to their preservation ...
(1990) * Honorary member - Union of Numismatic Societies in Bulgaria (1995) * Honorary Member -
Royal Numismatic Society of Belgium The Royal Numismatic Society of Belgium, known in Dutch as the Koninklijk Belgisch Genootschap voor Numismatiek and in French as the Société Royale de Numismatique de Belgique, is a society focusing on the field of numismatics. About the Society ...
(1996) * Corresponding Member -
German Archaeological Institute The German Archaeological Institute (german: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, ''DAI'') is a research institute in the field of archaeology (and other related fields). The DAI is a "federal agency" under the Federal Foreign Office of Germany ...
(2002) * Corresponding Member -
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (abbreviated BAS; bg, Българска академия на науките, ''Balgarska akademiya na naukite'', abbreviated ''БАН'') is the National Academy of Bulgaria, established in 1869. The Academy ...
(2008)


Selected works

* 1971 – „Античните монети в България“ ''(Ancient Coins in Bulgaria)'' * 1978 – „24 монети и печати от България“ ''(24 Coins and Stamps from Bulgaria)'' * 1987 – „Монетосеченето на градовете в Долна Мизия и Тракия. II–III в. в Хадрианопол“ ''(The coinage of the cities in Lower Mysia and Thrace. II–III centuries in Hadrianople)'' * 1994 – „Монетите на тракийските племена и владетели“ ''('' * 2006 – „Съкровища с виза'')''нтийски монети '')''на Балканите“ ''(Treasures of Byzantine Coins in the Balkans)''


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Youroukova, Yordanka 1936 births 2012 deaths Bulgarian women archaeologists Bulgarian numismatists Women numismatists People from Sofia Sofia University alumni Bulgarian medievalists Women medievalists