context: The first edition of Bhagavad-gita As It Is was published in English in 1968 by Macmillan Publishers. In 1972, the first full edition of the book with genuine Sanskrit texts was published. Since the mid-1970s, the publication of the Bhagavad-gita As It Is has been carried out by the international publishing house Bhaktivedanta Buk Trust [1]. According to the publisher, Bhagavad-gita As It Is has been translated into more than 80 languages ​​and published over 100 million copies. [2] [3] This translation of the Bhagavad-gita is the most widespread outside India [4] and one of the most widespread in India. The first edition of Bhagavad-gita As It Is in Russian was published in 1984. In subsequent years, the book was repeatedly reprinted and distributed in more than a million copies. [5] According to the Center for Indian Studies of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, this is the only Russian translation of the Bhagavad-gita, widely used. [6] Other scientific translations are known only to specialist scientists. [6]
question: When was the Bhagavad Gita first translated into English?
answers.text: 1968