苏联极其重视关於东方各国的研究。这是由於苏联同亚洲东方各国地理上的鄰近,在联盟的组成中有许多东部的共和国,以及由於苏联或以前的俄国同国外的大多数的东方国家有紧密的经济上和文化上的联系。苏联对於全面研究境外东方各国感到兴趣的基础是,这些国家在同帝国主义的斗争中,在争取和平、民主和社会主义的斗争中所起的日益增长的巨大作用。这一作用明顯地表现在:许多东方国家已建立了人民民主制度,这些国家取得了为社会主义奠定基础的政治建设和经济建设的巨大成就。这些成就使得解放了的东方各国在全世界人民之中,首先是在亚洲人民之中的国际威信空 The Soviet Union attaches great importance to the study of various countries in the East. This is due to the geographical proximity of the Soviet Union to Asian countries in the East, the formation of a coalition with many eastern republics, and the close economic and cultural ties between the Soviet Union or former Russia and the majority of the eastern powers abroad. The Soviet Union’s interest in a comprehensive study of overseas countries in the East is based on the growing role played by these countries in their struggle against imperialism and peace, democracy and socialism. This effect is clearly manifested in the fact that many eastern countries have established a people’s democratic system and these countries have made tremendous achievements in political construction and economic construction that laid the foundations for socialism. These achievements have made the liberated countries of the East among the peoples of the world, above all, the international prestige among the Asian peoples