 Therefore, after Russian authorities annexed parts of Poland (which also included parts of modern Belarus, Ukraine and Lithuania), they had difficulties in formally defining what a "miasteczko" is.Typically "miasteczkos" grew out of or still remained private towns belonging to Polish landlords (usually magnates), who sought to obtain royal privileges to establish markets and fairs, and to do business in liquor.The town owners favored the Jews in order for them to bring in trade, including trade in liquor.