Krusto Yordanov Yordanov

Professional CV

Ch. Assist. Prof., PhD

Department “Bulgarians, the Ottoman Empire and Europe”

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-8306-4688
Web of Science Researcher ID: AAU-8363-2020

Address:
Institute for Historical Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Sofia, Shipchenski prohod №52, bl. 17

Phone: + (359) 897 41 70 15

E-mail: k(dot)yordanov1975(at)abv(dot)bg; k(dot)yordanov1975(at)ihist(dot)bas(dot)bg

Date and place of birth: 1975, Plovdiv

EDUCATION

PhD studies at the Institute for Historical Studies – BAS, scientific supervisor Prof. Olga Todorova.

PhD, 2.2. History and Archaeology. Diploma No/date: 000380 / 20.01.2014. Topic of the dissertation: The Voynuk institution in the Bulgarian lands in the 15th-16th centuries.

Higher education:

Master of History, Plovdiv University “Paisiy Hilendarski” (1999)

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

Ch. Assist. Prof., 2.2. History and Archaeology, Institute for Historical Studies at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (from July 17, 2018).

Assistant Professor, 2.2. History and Archaeology, Institute for Historical Studies at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (December 16, 2013 – July 17, 2018).

Literary Awards

Awarded а first prize for fiction at the National Competition for Young Authors “Youth – a Trace of the Future” with the publication of the story in the Literary Almanac “Thought (Misal)” under the auspices of UNESCO (2001).

Awarded third prize for fiction at the National Competition for Young Authors “Youth – a Trace of the Future” ” with the publication of the story in the Literary Almanac ” Thought (Misal) ” under the auspices of UNESCO (2002).

Research interests:

Categories of population with special duties and institutions in the Ottoman Empire, everyday life, historical geography and demography.

Main scientific publications:

Monograph:

  • The voynuks from the Imperial stables in the ottoman province of Rumeli (15th – the first decades of the 18th Century). Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Publishing House of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Sofia, 2023, 581 p., ISBN 978-619-245-311-4.

Studies and articles:

  • About the Fate of the Non-Muslim Population of the Central Danube Plain and the Pre-Balkans Region during the Long War (1593–1606) – Historical Review, 2024, vol. 3, pp. 77-116. ISSN 0323-9748.
  • Derbentci villages in the Zlatitsa-Pirdop valley and its adjacent region (15th – first half of the 17th century). Historical Review, 2023, vol. 1, pp. 24-65. ISSN 0323-9748.
  • The most important categories of the Christian population with military aid or police-security duties and their place in the social structure of Ottoman society – similarities and differences (15th – the first decades of the 17th century). – Historical Review, 2022, 1, 33-93. ISSN 0323—9748.
  • Observations on the Voynuk economy in the Filibe and Tatar Pazardzhik kazas in the 16th – the beginning of the 17th centuries. – History, 2022, No. 5, 467-481. ISSN 0861–3710 (Print); ISSN 1314–8524 (Online).
  • Outlines of the everyday life of the Derbentci and Voynuk population during the 16th and 17th centuries. – In: The Everyday life of the Empires. Middle Ages – 20th century. Proceedings of Institute for Historical Studies. Vol. XXXVI. Prof. Marin Drinov Publishing House of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Sofia, 2021, 31-76. ISSN 2367-5187.
  • The Müselems in Rumelia – Müselem ocaks and service Çifliks in the Eastern Thrace in the first half of the 16th century – Yearbook of the Higher Islamic Institute, 2021, vol. 7, 176 – 209. ISSN 1313-8839.
  • The Voynuk institution in the Eastern part of the Balkan Mountain Range and adjacent regions (16th-17th centuries). – Vremena, 2020, issue 19, pp. 37-58. ISSN 2367-5527.
  • Orthodox Christians with Special Obligations in the Balkan Town. Urban Voynuks and Falconers in the 16th Century. – Etudes Balkaniques , 2020, 3, p. 515-538. ISSN 0324-1645.
  • Towards the early history of a Bulgarian literary center: Emergence and development of Adzhar according to Ottoman tax documents from the 17th century – History, 2020, 2, pp. 134-150. ISSN 1314–8524 (Online); ISSN 0861–3710 (Print).
  • Yordanov, K. 2017. Socio-economic aspects of the falconry in Rumelia in the 16th century. Historical Review, 2017, number 5 – 6, pp. 5 – 69.
  • Command and control of the Voynuk institution in the Bulgarian lands under Ottoman rule in the 15th-16th century: Hierarchical structure, functions and personnel staff. – Historical Review, 2012, No. 3-4, 33-85. ISSN 0323 – 9748