Antonchik Irina, master of Law, graduate student the Department of labor and social law of Faculty of Law Grodno State University named after J. Kupala, 230000, Republic of Belarus, Grodno, per. Dovatora, 3/1. E-mail: iraan888@mail.ru.

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The article gives a historical sketch of the development of land ownership. There are different points of view on the notion of property and land ownership, discusses the powers of the owner to possess, use and disposal of land. Great attention is paid to the principle of diversity of forms of ownership and equal protection. Analyzing the positions of scientists, the author comes to the conclusion that the most urgent at the present stage is to study the ownership of the land as a subjective right. The authors formulate the definition of the right to land ownership. The author concludes that in the formation and development of land ownership can distinguish five stages, each of which has a particular form of existence of the right of ownership of land.