Ukrainian Landowners, You Know?

Most of the Ukrainian peasantry were serfs up until serfdom was abolished in 1861. The best lands in Ukraine were given to the czar. Other good lands were given to his nobles, the clergy and favorite foreigners like the Mennonites and the Germans. There were poor people of all who were also basically owned by their landlords too. This is not a religion or an ethnicity thing. This is a the way rich people are in Ukraine Thing.