Illustration from "Elnet", Sergey Chavain, 1936
1972
Ref. # 139-703
gouache on paper
11x10 cm
1972
gouache on paper
11x10 cm
The novel Elnet by Sergey Chavain (1888–1937) depicts the Russian revolution in a Mari village of yesteryear and the conflict around Mari identity. The fate of two young men are intertwined in its plot. These characters are perfect opposites: Sakar is an unlettered hunter, a mischievous fellow who obeys no one and mocks the authorities, while Grigori Petrovič Vetkan is a village schoolteacher and part of the Mari nationalist intelligentsia.
Ref. # 139-703