The painting “Build Rooks”, written in 1903, is part of the series “Beginning of Russia. Slavs”. In these works, Roerich showed a new, formerly little known to him world of Ancient Russia, revealed in a vivid figurative form his understanding of the ancient era.
In this picture it is unnecessary to search for the utmost accuracy in the transmission of one or another fact of history. The artist has created a poetic, fanned by epic spirit plot, which gives the most general picture of the era. Workers, warriors, their life is full of boiling energy, they decide their own fate, bravely build waterways, build rooks and sail from “Varyag to Greeks” …
Related Paintings 
Ellos construyen torres – Nikolai Roerich 
Slavs on the Dnieper by Nicholas Roerich 
Mahomet on Mount Hira by Nikolai Roerich 
Overseas guests by Nicholas Roerich 
Mikula Selyaninovich by Nicholas Roerich 
Ancient Serpent by Nicholas Roerich 
Savior Nereditsa by Nikolai Roerich 
Pigeon’s Book by Nicholas Roerich
Ellos construyen torres – Nikolai Roerich Slavs on the Dnieper by Nicholas Roerich Mahomet on Mount Hira by Nikolai Roerich Overseas guests by Nicholas Roerich Mikula Selyaninovich by Nicholas Roerich Ancient Serpent by Nicholas Roerich Savior Nereditsa by Nikolai Roerich Pigeon’s Book by Nicholas Roerich