The Olonkho was written down for the first time in the indigenous Sakha language of Yakutia (Sakha Republic, northeastern Siberia) in the early 1930s by Platon A. Oyunsky (1893–1939), politician, founder of the Sakha literary language, poet and story-teller. The Olonkho was written down for the first time in the indigenous Sakha language of Yakutia (Sakha Republic, northeastern Siberia) in the early 1930s by Platon A. Oyunsky (1893–1939), politician, founder of the Sakha literary language, poet and story-teller.

• Preface to the English Edition by Vasily Ivanov, Foreword by Anna Dybo, Olonkho - The Ancient Yakut Epic by Innokenty Pukhov, Translating the Olonkho by Alina Nakhodkina, Acknowledgements Select Glossary and Commentaries by Alina Nakhodkina, Map of Sakha (Yakutia) and Autonomous Areas of Russia, List of Translators and Editors OLONKHO - NURGUN BOTUR THE SWIFT, Introduction Song 1, Song 2, Song 3, Song 4, Song 5, Song 6, Song 7, Song 8, Song 9