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  2. Alexander Volkov (writer) - Wikipedia

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    The first of these books, The Wizard of the Emerald City (Russian: Волшебник Изумрудного города), [1] is a loose translation of the first Oz book, with chapters added, altered, or omitted, and some names changed (for example, Dorothy becomes "Ellie", Oz is renamed "Magic Land", and Toto can talk when in Magic Land), and several characters given personal names instead ...

  3. The Wizard of the Emerald City - Wikipedia

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    The Wizard of the Emerald City (Russian: Волшебник Изумрудного Города) is a 1939 children's novel by Russian writer Alexander Melentyevich Volkov. The book is a re-narration of L. Frank Baum 's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz . [ 1 ]

  4. The Wonderful Birch - Wikipedia

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    The Wonderful Birch (Russian: Чудесная берёза) is a Finnish/Russian fairy tale. A variant on Cinderella , it is Aarne–Thompson folktale type 510A, the persecuted heroine. It makes use of shapeshifting motifs.

  5. 'I want to do characters that are better than me': Yura ... - AOL

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    Borisov is already well-known in Russia, having won a Golden Eagle award for the 2020 film “AK-47,” in which he played Mikhail Kalashnikov, inventor of the well-known assault rifle.

  6. The Wizard of the Emerald City (2024 film) - Wikipedia

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    The film tells the story of a girl named Ellie Smith, who lives in a distant city. Suddenly, an evil witch named Gingema conjured a hurricane that carried the girl and her dog to the land of Munchkins, where she meets the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman and the Cowardly Lion, with whom she must go to the Emerald City to find the Wizard who can fulfill their dreams.

  7. Anton Chekhov - Wikipedia

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    Anton Pavlovich Chekhov [a] (/ ˈ tʃ ɛ k ɒ f /; [3] Russian: Антон Павлович Чехов [b], IPA: [ɐnˈton ˈpavləvʲɪtɕ ˈtɕexəf]; 29 January 1860 [c] – 15 July 1904 [d]) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer. His career as a playwright produced four classics, and his best short stories are held in high esteem ...

  8. Tsarevitch Ivan, the Firebird and the Gray Wolf - Wikipedia

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    In a Russian variant, Ivan Tsarevich, the Gray Wolf and Elena the Most Beautiful, the prince must take part in a chain of deals: in order to obtain the golden bird, he first must capture the golden-maned horse from another kingdom; but, if he intends to obtain the horse, he must first kidnap foreign Princess Elena and deliver her to the tsar ...

  9. Victor Lebedev - Wikipedia

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    He was awarded the title of People's Artist of Russia in 2005. [1] [2] In 1968, he composed an opera of Aleksandr Volkov's The Wizard of the Emerald City, a Russian retelling of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, on a libretto by William Roshchin and Vladimir Uflyand. Author of music for 106 Russian films.