The agrarian reforms that began more than 20 years ago have still not solved the problems of rational land use and protection. The situation is now so acute that these problems have gained particular importance – not only the agricultural economy hangs in the balance, but the whole national economy. Studying agrarian reforms from the historical perspective leads to conclusion that the results thereof in different historical periods greatly depended on timeliness, scrupulous elaboration of the provisions thereof, and social support by all the population groups. Many approaches and solutions could have helped avoiding unnecessary expenses related to the reforming and obvious devastating consequences of these modernisations, if taken into account. However, unfortunately, this was not the case in the conduction of market transformations which began in 1991.