Krys'kov A. Landownership and land-tenure in provinces of the Right Bank Ukraine in the late 18th – early 20th centuries.

The problems of landownership and land-tenure of Volynska, Kyivska and Podilska provinces of the former Russian Empire during the late 18th – early 20th centuries have been analyzed in the thesis. These provinces were united under the name «Right Bank Ukraine».The second chapter is devoted to the evolution of land relations in the region during the late 18th – early 19th centuries. The landownership of noblemen, State and Religion institutions, as well as the features of the peasants land-tenure have been investigated. Characteristics of the February 19, 1861 agrarian reform in the region have been specified. It was found that beside the absolute right of landownership, the nobleman had the temporary right to landownership. The movement of landownership according to the 1877 and 1905 land censuses has been analyzed in the fifth chapter. The influence of industrial institution on the landownership and the efficiency level of management are specified. The content of the sixth chapter is devoted to the analyses of the influence of joint-stock and state institutions on the quantitative changes in distribution of agrarian property. The main P.Stolypin’s agrarian reform regularities have been investigated. The content the thesis is devoted to the analyses of the landownership and land-tenure relations evolution in the second part of the 19th – early 20th centuries. The movement of the landownership in the region has been analyzed basing on the statistical data, and the role of the state and joint-stock institutions of mortgage loan was determined. Such features of the region as agrarian oversettlement and departure, as well as governmental policy as to the peasant migration regularities have been investigated. The food processing industry effect on the development of land relations has been analyzed. The problems of the agricultural management efficiency as well as the main P.Stolypin’s land reform regularities and their implementation in provinces of the Right Bank Ukraine have been investigated.