Andrej Kotljarchuk (born 1968, Novocherkassk, USSR) is a Swedish historian of Belarusian descent. His research focuses on ethnic minorities and role of experts’ communities, mass violence and the politics of memory. Kotljarchuk holds a PhD degree in history from Stockholm University (2006) and a candidate of historical science degree from the Russian Academy of Sciences (1999). Currently he is a university lecturer at the Department of History of the Stockholm University and a senior researcher at the School of Historical and Contemporary Studies, Södertörn University. Source: Wikipedia (en)