# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elizabeth-tsurkov
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:29:51.604Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elizabeth-tsurkov"
name: "Elizabeth Tsurkov"
slug: "elizabeth-tsurkov"
description: "Elizabeth Tsurkov is a Russian and Israeli researcher who was kidnapped in Baghdad in March 2023 while conducting doctoral research in Iraq. She was held hostage by the group Kata'ib Hezbollah for 903 days before her release in September 2025. She is currently a doctoral student at Princeton University."
tagline: "Russian-Israeli researcher (born 1986)"
gender: "female"
birthDate: "1986-11-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.36
  momentum:             7.798861480075902
  historical:           8.176394666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/LizHurra"
    handle:    "LizHurra"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/lizrael"
    handle:    "lizrael"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://elizabeth-tsurkov.net/en/"
sources:
  - url: "https://uz.wikiquote.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Tsurkov"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AB_%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%88%D9%81"
    title: "إليزابيث تسوركوف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Tsurkov"
    title: "Elizabeth Tsurkov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Tsurkov"
    title: "Elizabeth Tsurkov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%AA_%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%81"
    title: "الیزابت تسورکوف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Tsurkov"
    title: "Elizabeth Tsurkov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%96%D7%91%D7%98_%D7%A6%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%91"
    title: "אליזבט צורקוב"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A6%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%2C_%D0%95%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%90%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0"
    title: "Цуркова, Елизавета Аркадьевна"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Tsurkov"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q120372701"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump