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Wikipedia: Gusli (Russian: Гусли) is the oldest Russian multi-string plucked instrument. Its exact history is unknown, but it may have derived from a Byzantine form of the Greek kythare, which in turn derived from the ancient lyre. It has its relatives throughout the world - kantele in Finland, kannel in Estonia, kankles and kokle in Lithuania and Latvia.
![["Gusli musicians" by Viktor Vasnetsov, 1899]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/_D0_93_D1_83_D1_81_D0_BB_D1_8F_D1_80_D1_8B_s.jpg "\"Gusli musicians\" by Viktor Vasnetsov, 1899")
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![[Gusli players. Illustration from a Bible dating back to 1648AD]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/UI_Husli_s.jpg "Gusli players. Illustration from a Bible dating back to 1648AD")
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![[Boyan playing a gusli, by Nicholas Roerich]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Bayan_s.jpg "Boyan playing a gusli, by Nicholas Roerich")
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