Domra
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The domra is a long-necked Russian folk string instrument of the lute family. It has a round body and three or four metal strings.
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A Soviet-made 4 string Ukrainian domra
Domra (left) and Bandola Llanera (right)
Gusli
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The gusli or husla is the oldest East Slavic multi-string plucked instrument, belonging to the zither family, due to its strings being parallel to its resonance board. Its roots lie in Veliky Novgorod
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…the domra is in Admonitions of Metropolitan Daniel (1530). This musical instrument gained great popularity in the 16th–17th centuries, replacing the gusli. There are numerous mentions of the domra in historic documents of this period. For instance, Alphabet (1654), in the Moscow Synodal Library, says: "As…
"Gusli musicians" by Viktor Vasnetsov, 1899
Boyan playing a gusli, by Nicholas Roerich
Painting of a feast attended by Vladimir the Great and certain of the bogatyri at which a gusli is being played
Man playing a lyre-shaped gusli (Russian: Лирообразные гусли) or rotte (lyre).