Barge Haulers on the Volga Burlak was a seasonal spring-to-fall occupation that largely went extinct after steamships became the dominant form of water transport.

"The Ilya Repin exhibition will take place in the ... will feature Repin’s acclaimed masterpieces such as Barge Haulers on the Volga, Sadko [in the Underwater Kingdom], Reply of the Zaporozhian ...