Keywords: Orientalism ; National characteristics, Central Asian ; Orientalism Soviet Union ; National characteristics, Central Asian ; Asia, Central Study and teaching (Higher) ; Soviet Union Relations ; Asia, Central Relations ; Soviet Union Intellectual life ; Asia, Central Study and teaching (Higher) ; Soviet Union ; Soviet Union Relations ; Asia, Central ; Asia, Central Relations ; Soviet Union ; Soviet Union Intellectual life ; Sowjetunion ; Orientalismus ; Mittelasien ; Nationalbewusstsein ; Geistesleben