Польське землеволодіння правобережної України у працях дореволюційних дослідників.

Abstract

The article deals with the analysis of the pre-revolutionary works on the issue of Polish land tenure in the provinces of Right-Bank Ukraine. Presented are the views of the researchers of the second half of the XIX – early XX centuries on the origin of the Polish land tenure and its development. The incorporation of Right-Bank Ukraine into the Russian Empire changed the position of Polish landowners, which contributed to the increased interest of the pre-revolutionary researchers. The achievements of those authors are of great interest because they present a deep research into the phenomenon they could witness. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the works created in the second half of the ХІХ – early ХХ centuries on the problem of Polish land tenure in Ukrainian provinces. The paper is based on the principles of scientific objectivity and historicism; in the research, analytical-synthetic, statistical, historical-typological methods were applied. The paper presents a study of the pre-revolutionary authors’ (mostly historians’ and economists’) works. In general, pre-revolutionary researchers were focused on Russia’s landlord's economy, with Poland being mentioned only in its context, namely in the legislative system of the autocracy to weaken the Polish influence and reduce their land tenure. A characteristic feature of pre-revolutionary studies is that they provide us with a vast array of statistical material concerning the land tenure of RightBank Ukraine.