Vladimir Saraev created the painting ‘Hunters from the Village of Yarenga’ in 1963. The artist portrayed two men with hunting guns near a forest edge. Both men wear warm sweatshirts, hats, and pants tucked into high boots. One of the hunters has a basket in his hands — it is for game or mushrooms that the men could collect on their way.
In the painting, Vladimir Saraev depicted the surroundings of Yarenga — the village in the Primorsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast. Hunting and fishing were the main occupations for the inhabitants of this area.
Vladimir Saraev, who painted ‘Hunters from the Village of Yarenga’, was born in Arkhangelsk. In 1960, he graduated from the Penza Art School, seven years later — from the Academy of Arts of the Latvian SSR. After graduation, Saraev returned to Arkhangelsk, where he more than once participated in exhibitions of seascape painters. In the 1960s, the artist often went on trips to the Arctic and the White Sea coast, including Yarenga.
The first settlement on the site of modern Yarenga appeared in the 16th century. Then it was called Yarengsky pogost. A wooden church was built there named after St. Nicholas the Wonderworker: the money for it may have been allocated by the Solovetsky Monastery.
In 1635, by order of Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich, the Yarengsky pogost became the property of the Solovetsky monastery. This was reported in the chronicles,
In the painting, Vladimir Saraev depicted the surroundings of Yarenga — the village in the Primorsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast. Hunting and fishing were the main occupations for the inhabitants of this area.
Vladimir Saraev, who painted ‘Hunters from the Village of Yarenga’, was born in Arkhangelsk. In 1960, he graduated from the Penza Art School, seven years later — from the Academy of Arts of the Latvian SSR. After graduation, Saraev returned to Arkhangelsk, where he more than once participated in exhibitions of seascape painters. In the 1960s, the artist often went on trips to the Arctic and the White Sea coast, including Yarenga.
The first settlement on the site of modern Yarenga appeared in the 16th century. Then it was called Yarengsky pogost. A wooden church was built there named after St. Nicholas the Wonderworker: the money for it may have been allocated by the Solovetsky Monastery.
In 1635, by order of Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich, the Yarengsky pogost became the property of the Solovetsky monastery. This was reported in the chronicles,
