Tadeusz Świętochowski (28 April 1932 – 15 February 2017) was a Polish-American historian and Caucasologist, Professor Emeritus of Columbia University and Monmouth University.

Biography

Świętochowski was born in France into a family of Polish diplomat Stanisław Świętochowski, who died in the USSR, probably in Butyrka prison. After graduating with a degree in Turkish studies from the University of Warsaw, he left Poland for the Middle East, where he earned his MA in Arab Studies at the American University of Beirut, and later studied Arab History at the Cairo University. In 1965, he moved with his wife Marie Lukens, whom he met in Istanbul, to New York, where he received a PhD degree from the New York University. Tadeusz Swietochowski was a Professor of Soviet and Middle East Studies at Monmouth University, New Jersey. He was a fellow at the Kennan Institute, Washington, D.C., and a Senior Fellow at the Harriman Institute, Columbia University. Swietochowski was a specialist on the modern history of Azerbaijan. He was an Honorary Doctor of Khazar University and Baku State University and Honorary Member of Central Eurasian Studies Society. His fields of study included the modern history of the Middle East and Azerbaijan. He also lectured at the Warsaw University as Fulbright Senior Specialist.

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