Elizabeth Tsurkov

Elizabeth Tsurkov
  • אליזבט צורקוב (Hebrew)
  • Елизавета Цуркова (Russian)
Born (1986-11-11) November 11, 1986
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Citizenship
Education

Elizabeth Tsurkov (Hebrew: אליזבט צורקוב, romanized: Elizabet Tzurkov, Russian: Елизавета Аркадьевна Цуркова, romanized: Yelizaveta Arkadyevna Tsurkova; born November 11, 1986) 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.

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