Youroukova was born in 1936 in
Sofia. In 1960, she graduated in history at
Sofia University, where her teacher was Prof.
Todor Gerasimov 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. 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. 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 also worked on the coinage of Lower Mysia and had research interests in medieval Bulgarian seals and Byzantine
sigillography. == Recognition ==