N. K. Savelyeva. Farewell to Derbent, 2004

The painting shows a light blue cloudy sky and beneath it a military garrison: soldiers are setting out, some on foot, some on horseback. The central figure is a cavalryman who surveys the mighty wall of the Naryn-Kala citadel on top of a steep hill. The mountain part of the wall runs toward the Caucasus range.

The scene takes place early in the morning, and the landscape is still covered in mist. The reverse bears the author's details and an inscription recording a gift to the Museum of the History of World Cultures and Religions in 2022. The canvas is oil, 190 by 125 cm.