The Power of the Land (Russian: Власть земли, romanized: Vlast zemli) is a collection of sketches by Gleb Uspensky, first published in Otechestvennye zapiski, Nos. 1-3, 1882. Followed by heated discussion in the Russian press, it was praised by liberals and panned by conservatives. In retrospect the book is regarded as Uspensky's major work.