HISTORIOGRAPHY OF LANDLORD LAND OWNERSHIP ON THE TERRITORY OF WESTERN BELARUS IN 1921–1939

Abstract

During 1921–1939 Western Belarus was a part of the national and economic complex of interwar Poland with a clear dominance of agriculture and the preservation of a large number of property owners, close to whom there was a large number of landless peasants who hoped to get their land. Despite the significant contribution of landowners to the development of the local economy, as domestic as foreign researchers for various reasons, focused their scientific attention primarily on the position of the local peasantry, while the landlords economy remained out of the spotlight and was presented rather one-sidedly and subjectively.