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.
Yordanka Youroukova | |
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| Occupation(s) | Numismatist, archaeologist |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Sofia University Sorbonne University |
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| Discipline | Numismatics |
| Sub-discipline | Thracian coinage Bulgarian sigillography |
Biography
editYouroukova 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
edit- Honorary Member - Romanian Numismatic Society (1985)[3]
- Vermeil Token - French Numismatic Society (1986)[8]
- Honorary Member - Croatian Numismatic Society (1987)[3]
- Corresponding Member - American Numismatic Society (1990)[3]
- Honorary member - Union of Numismatic Societies in Bulgaria (1995)[3]
- Honorary Member - Royal Numismatic Society of Belgium (1996)[3]
- Corresponding Member - German Archaeological Institute (2002)[3]
- Corresponding Member - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (2008)[6]
Selected works
edit- 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
edit- ^ a b c "Почина доайенът в нумизматиката проф. д.и.н Йорданка Юрукова". www.24chasa.bg. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
- ^ "Секция за нумизматика и епиграфика - Национален археологически институт с музей при БАН". naim.bg. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Скръбна вест - Национален археологически институт с музей при БАН". naim.bg. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
- ^ a b Научноинформационен център „Българска енциклопедия“. Голяма енциклопедия „България“. Том 12. София, Книгоиздателска къща „Труд“, 2012. ISBN 9789548104340. с. 4903.
- ^ "Почина проф. Йорданка Юрукова". Vesti.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2023-10-23.
- ^ a b "Почина доайенът на българската нумизматика чл.-кор. Йорданка Юрукова". inews.bg (in Bulgarian). 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
- ^ Wartenberg, Ute. "3 Thracian Identity and Coinage in the Archaic and Classical Period." Thrace–Local Coinage and Regional Identity: 45.
- ^ "Médaille et jeton de vermeil - Société française de numismatique" (in French). 2013-09-02. Retrieved 2023-10-24.