For a summary of all translated versions of The Wheel of Time see The Wheel of Time translations.
The Wheel of Time translates as Колесо Времени in Russian, although it has also been published under the name Век Дракона, which translates as Dragon Age. The books are published by Азбука-Аттикус (ABC-Atticus) and previously by other companies, but translations halted with the last book written by Robert Jordan, Knife of Dreams.
The remaining books were unofficially translated by a group of Russian fans known as Цитадель Детей Света (Citadel of the Children of the Light). The same group also created audiobook versions of the whole series in the Russian language.
An official version of the New Spring short story appeared in a Russian translation of the 1998 anthology Legends in 1999, with a later translation of the full novella.[1] Unoffical translations of The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time, The Strike at Shayol Ghul, A Fire Within the Ways and River of Souls were also made by the Citadel of the Children of the Light group.
Book Titles[]
Prequel New Spring - Новая весна
- The Eye of the World - Око мира
- The Great Hunt - Великая охота
- The Dragon Reborn - Возрождённый Дракон
- The Shadow Rising - Восходящая тень
- The Fires of Heaven - Огни Небес
- Lord of Chaos - Властелин Хаоса
- A Crown of Swords - Корона Мечей
- The Path of Daggers - Путь кинжалов
- Winter's Heart - Сердце Зимы
- Crossroads of Twilight - Перекрёстки сумерек
- Knife of Dreams - Нож Сновидений
- The Gathering Storm - Грядущая Буря
- Towers of Midnight - Башни Полуночи
- A Memory of Light - Память света
Book Covers[]
The publishers of the Russian books are somewhat confusing. The rights appear to belong to the parent ACT group, whereas the books have been published by a number of companies or subsidiaries of ACT in Moscow, Saint Petersberg and elsewhere. These companies include Keeper, Terra Fantastica, Azbuka, ABC Atticus, Lux and ACT Publishing House. Apart from these are unofficial versions or completions of the series (see The Citadel of the Children of the Light and My Fantastic Friend.
Terra Fantastica (split)[]
These are the original Russian translations published in Russia and run up to and including Crossroads of Twilight.
Terra Fantastica (single)[]
The previous versions republished as single volumes and expanded ti include Knife of Dreams. Published in Russia, but also in Belarus by Harvest. No cover for Crossroads of Twilight available.
Fantastic Library[]
These were hardcover editions of the books available up to Crossroads of Twilight. Later, unofficial versions of New Spring and Knife of Dreams through to A Memory of Light were made by fans to complete their libraries and self-published by a group called Renaissance.[2][3]
Unofficial additions:
Golden Fantasy Series[]
This involved a large number of fantasy authors works repackaged with different covers from previous versions. The books up to and including Winter's Heart and the Legends anthology containing the New Spring short story were publishes as part of this series.
Library of World Fiction[]
A series of plain covers for non-Russian authors published by Lux between 2005 and 2006.
Tolkein's Heirs[]
As part of a special series of 24 books celebrating the giants of the fantasy genre, the first five books were published with a different cover:
ABC-Atticus[]
Published under the series Звёзды новой фэнтези (New Fantasy Stars) up until Winter's Heart. This a more recent reprint of the series published between 2020 and 2022. There is also a version of The Eye of the World with artwork from the 2021 TV series.
Citadel of the Children of the Light[]
These unofficial translations have been used by various self-publishing entities. The following set of covers appears in the e-book and audio versions on various platforms and are plagiarised versions of the English e-book covers, although not consistently so.
My Fantastic Friend (set 1)[]
Unofficial translations of the books from the same group as above, but available in Ukraine. These versions have two different dustcover options. As well as the whole of the original volume, they also commonly contained translated parts of The World of Robert Jordan's Wheel or time or other related works such as A Fire Within the Ways and River of Souls.[4][5]
My Fantastic Friend (set 2)[]
No images of Lord of Chaos or Winter's Heart version of this edition available.
