The artist is Ivanov
The plot of the picture was one of the heroic episodes of the ancient annals. In 968, when the army of Prince Svyatoslav was on a distant campaign, the nomads of the pennies besieged Kyiv. The hero of the picture is an unknown young Kievite. Knowing the language of the Pechenegs, he walked with a bridle in his hands through an enemy camp. When the enemies entangled him, the young man replied that he was looking for a runaway horse. A binding of the Dnieper, he found a Russian squad and brought it to the aid of the besieged city.
Like a whirlwind, the hero rushes through the enemy camp, and reaching the Dnieper – a narrow strip of water at the lower edge of the picture – as it were, listens to the sounds of the chase. The arrow put after, struck the Pechenega, which fell from the horse and dying nearby on the shore. The horsemen and the outlines of the city walls are visible in the depths. The moment depicted by the artist specifically and concisely expresses the idea of a work – nothing can stop a person who gives himself to a patriotic duty.
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