This painting is perhaps the most Russian of all Russian paintings, and Savrasov is the founder of the lyrical landscape.
The strength of the artist's spirit and creative rise lies in the fact that he managed to embody in his canvas the antithesis to one of the main mortal sins - despondency. There are clouds on the horizon, but the color of the sky has already changed. The air is filled with moisture, the smell of awakening buds and the cries of anxious rooks. The breaking rays of the sun illuminate the picture of nature ready for a new cycle of life. This is the apotheosis of family values and the great instinct of procreation.