Background
Yurkova, Raisa Mikhailovna was born on August 4, 1933 in Vologda Region, Russia. Daughter of Mikhail Vasilievich and Maria Petrovna (Filkina) Yurkova.
Yurkova, Raisa Mikhailovna was born on August 4, 1933 in Vologda Region, Russia. Daughter of Mikhail Vasilievich and Maria Petrovna (Filkina) Yurkova.
Diploma, Leningrad Mining Institute, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy of Sciences, 1989.
Geologist, Geological Management, Youzno-Sakhalinsk, Russia, 1956-1959; researcher, Research Institute, Okha in Sakhalin, Russia, 1959-1964; junior researcher, Academy Sciences, Moscow, 1961-1981; senior researcher, Academy Sciences, Moscow, 1981-1990; leading researcher, Academy Sciences, Moscow, since 1990.
Member New York Academy of Sciences, Planetary Society.
Married Boris Ivanovich Voronin, September 8, 1957. Children: Olga, Tatyana.