Battle of Kerzhenets is a curtain design by Roerich for a symphonic interlude in Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevronia for Sergei Diaghilev’s Saisons Russes in Paris. The Battle of Kerzhenets is an episode in the Russian forces’ battle against the invading Tartars in the 13th century. According to legend in this battle an entire town, called Kitezh, vanished into the waters of the River Kerzhenets which flows through the Nizhny Novgorod Province. In his curtain design Roerich depicted the fierce battle between the Russians and the Tartars. The swiftly galloping riders and ominously swirling clouds reflected in the waters of the river hide the outlines of the vanishing town, thus saving it from destruction by the enemy. Later on the design would form the basis of a decorative panel for the Kazan Station in Moscow (it was never produced).