Professor Albina Romanchuk Celebrated Her 80th Birthday

08:49, January 18, 2022

She spent more than 50 years at the Faculty of History

Albina Romanchuk, professor, doctor of historical sciences, celebrated her 80th birthday on January 15. For more than 50 years Albina Romanchuk has been working at the Faculty of History of Ural State University (now Ural Federal University), educating more than one generation of historians and archaeologists. From 1969 to 2002 she was the head of Crimean archaeological expedition, which made a great contribution to studying the history of Chersonesos - a unique in its preservation of Ancient and Byzantine cities. The school of Crimean archaeological expedition was attended by many students who studied at Ural University.

Albina Romanchuk is a recognized expert in the history and archaeology of the provincial Byzantine city, the author of more than 150 scientific works, including 14 monographs published in Russian and foreign editions. The lectures of the professor were attended by students not only from Russian, but also European universities (Austria, Serbia, Bulgaria, Germany). Her scientific merits are recognized at the highest level - she is a foreign member of the Institute of Archaeology of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, she was awarded the title of Honored Worker of Higher Education of the Russian Federation. For her two-volume monograph on the history of Chersonesos, the professor was awarded the prestigious Makaryev Prize.

"From the bottom of our hearts we wish Albina Romanchuk good health, constant vigor, creative ideas and new discoveries," celebrated the Ural Institute of Humanities of Ural Federal University.

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