Early years and emigration He was born in the city of Siedlce (now in
Poland) into the family of an officer, Mikhail Joukowsky. With the outbreak of
World War I, the family moved to
Petrograd and later to their family estate Surmachevka in
Poltava Governorate. In 1917, Joukowsky entered the St. Vladimir Kiev
Cadet Corps. Together with his wife, Joukowsky organized the project
The Joukowsky Recital. Initially a duet performance, it later became part of the
Kolo Week festival program in San Francisco. His work gained recognition: in November 1957, his portrait in a stylized folk costume appeared on the cover of ''Let's Dance'', the official publication of the Folk Dance Federation of California. From 1953, Joukowsky taught at the Dance Department of
San Francisco State University for 25 years, until his retirement in 1978. In 1979, he was inducted into the university's Hall of Fame. Joukowsky died on 5 October 1998 in Menlo Park, California. He was buried at the Serbian Cemetery near San Francisco. == References ==