History YMMV / TalesOfTheMagicLand

* AdaptationDisplacement: Volkov's ''Magic Land'' books were more well-known in the Eastern bloc countries than Baum's Oz books, especially in East Germany, Syria, and China.

* AdaptationDisplacement: Volkov's ''Magic Land'' books are more well-known in the Eastern bloc countries than Baum's Oz books, especially in East Germany, Syria, and China.

** Semi-justified in the third book, where the arrival of all four withces in Magic Land is described: to avoid conflicts, they all vowed to stay in their respecive domains and not interfer with others, unless provoked. Villina came for Gingema only after the latter turned complete maniac, and started to plot actions outside her territory.

* MagnificentBastard: Urfin Jus. Extremely determined, strong-willed, and a skilled woodworker, he manages to conquer the Magic Land with an army of (literally) wooden-headed dullards – after he constructs and trains them practically by himself. Then, after getting defeated, he waits years for the next opportunity, and with the help of a giant eagle, a wooden clown, a lighter and a red cloak he gains power over the extremely xenophobic Leaper tribe and conquers the Magic Land ''again''. Even before his final defeat, he realizes that his tyranny doesn’t make him or anyone else happy. [[spoiler:After he reforms and retreats to an idyllic little house to grow vegetables, he demonstrates that he doesn’t seize power because he doesn’t ''want to'', not because he ''can’t'': he is offered several excellent opportunities, including one by a giant witch (he [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech refuses flatly and predicts her doom]]). Though he prefers to stay away from other people, he always helps with his inventive mind whenever it’s needed. For example, he figures out how to clear the indoors air from the Yellow Fog]].

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Villina and Stella are either NeutralGood witches or [[BitchInSheepsClothing Bitches in Sheep's Clothing]] NotSoDifferent from Gingema and Bastinda.

* ReplacementScrappy: Some people think Annie is a flat and passive character who does almost nothing by herself and gets everything handed to her on a silver platter just for being Ellie’s sister.

* ReplacementScrappy: Some people think Annie a flat and passive character who does almost nothing by herself and gets everything handed to her on a silver platter just for being Ellie’s sister.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Villina and Stella are either NeutralGood witches or [[BitchInSheepsClothing Bitches in Sheep's Clothing]] NotSoDifferent from Gingema and Bastinda. There is the fact that they almost never provide any active help – Villina at least pops up roughly once a book with prophecies and tips on their fulfillment, but Stella, after the first book, does nothing plot-relevant except sending the television set to Strasheela.

* AdaptationDisplacement: Volkov's ''Magic Land'' books are more well known in Eastern bloc countries than Baum's Oz books, especially in East Germany, Syria, and China.
* HilariousInHindsight: With his bushy eyebrows, hooked nose, green clothes, inventive and resourceful mind, unpleasant and grumpy but not completely evil character, and huge popularity among fans, Urfin Jus is amazingly similar to [[Franchise/HarryPotter Severus Snape]].

* ReplacementScrappy: Some people think Annie a flat and passive character who does almost nothing by herself and gets everything handed to her on a silver platter just for being Ellie’s sister. Others, though, view her as a more shy and quiet but by no means unsympathetic {{Foil}} to Ellie.

* MagnificentBastard: Urfin Jus. Extremely determined, strong-willed, and a skilled woodworker, he manages to conquer the Magic Land with an army of (literally) wooden-headed dullards – after he constructs and trains them practically by himself. Then, after getting defeated, he waits years for the next opportunity, and with the help of a giant eagle, a wooden clown, a lighter and a red cloak he gains power over the extremely xenophobic Leaper tribe and conquers the Magic Land ''again''. Even before his final defeat, he realizes that his tyranny doesn’t make him or anyone else happy. After he reforms and retreats to an idyllic little house to grow vegetables, he demonstrates that he doesn’t seize power because he doesn’t ''want to'', not because he ''can’t'': he is offered several excellent opportunities, including one by a giant witch (he [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech refuses flatly and predicts her doom]]). Though he prefers to stay away from other people, he always helps with his inventive mind whenever it’s needed. For example, he figures out how to clear the indoors air from the Yellow Fog.

* MagnificentBastard: Urfin Jus.

* AdaptationDisplacement: Volkov's ''Magic Land'' books are more well known Eastern bloc countries than Baum's Oz books, especially in East Germany, Syria, and China.

** Of course, the popularity of [[Literature/Wicked]] has promoted Baum's original.

** Of course, the popularity of ""Literature/Wicked"" has promoted Baum's original.

** Of course, the popularity of Literature/Wicked has promoted Baum's original.

* OlderThanTheyThink: Readers in the USSR at the time didn't know their beloved fairy tale was a product of copyright infringement, even though some editions printed have credited the original.

* MagnificentBastard: Urfin Jus

* AdaptationDisplacement: Volkov's ''Magic Land'' books are more well known Eastern bloc countries than Baum's Oz books, especially in East Germany, Syria, and China.