Barge Haulers on the Volga or Burlaki is an 1870–1873 oil-on-canvas painting by Russian realist artist Ilya Repin. It depicts 11 men (burlaki) hauling a barge along the banks of the Volga River. They are at the point of collapse from exhaustion, oppressed by heavy, hot weather. Ilya Repin, 1870 — painted at 26. Canvas and oil paint. 131.5 × 281 cm. In the Russian Museum. Peredvizhniki. Wiki link