studying the history of Europe and Russia, are often faced with such a concept, as a landowner.Skipping past the ears the word, we sometimes do not think about its meaning.It is necessary to know the landlord - who is what he did.Does this class aristocracy?
landowner in Russia - who is it?
word has quite deep roots and is derived from the ancient Russian "put" that is issued for the service allotment.At first, he inherited not passed, it began only in the 17th century.It was then and highlight special stratum of society.Thus, the landlord - a nobleman who owns the land, it has owned and has an estate.This social stratum of society was large enough and cover completely different people, from smallholders in the province to the rich nobles in the major cities, especially in the capital.
Gen. nobleman in the 18-19 centuries
During this time period the landlord - a man who belonged to the military class, the nobles.They lived in provincial towns and in the capital.For centuries, men of war, even after allowing Peter 3 does not serve in the army, continued to burn their sons, still cradled in the Guard.
Manor and manor houses have small and medium nobility mostly built of wood, much less from a stone.Life was very simple.Life proceeded peacefully and rather dull, except for rare visits to a few neighbors and entertainment events.
Quite different was the case in the capital, where they lived wealthy nobles.Catherine the landlord - a man wealthy, ambitious.These were the people who tend to occupy high positions, to spend time at balls and enthusiastic palace intrigues.The huge stone mansion, once owned by them are today.
Wild landowner
Under the phrase data is not meant for a single class, it's just an expression which to some extent has become a household name after the release of the fairy tale MESaltykov-Shchedrin.It deals with a rather foolish and short-sighted landlords.
Suffering from idleness and boredom, he suddenly came to the conclusion that the world's divorced too many peasants, began to complain of it to God.As a result, he decided to get rid of annoying to him.In the story, a fairy tale "The Wild landowner" in the end the main character is left alone.However, the long-awaited peace and the absence of common people turns not what he wanted.It was not in his house a normal meal, there was nobody to look after him, that gradually led him to complete degradation.
allegorical image of the landlord - a critique of the whole social structure of the time, showing the acute problem of the exploiter and the exploited.
