gudok

The gudok (, ), or gudochek (, ), is a Russian folk string instrument, played with a bow.

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Instrument.image: Russ instr gudok.gif
Instrument.image_capt: Impression of the ancient Russian gudok
Instrument.name: Gudok
Instrument.hornbostel_sachs_desc: Bowl lyre sounded by a bow
Instrument.background: string
Instrument.related: Byzantine lyra Classical Kemenche, (Turkish: Armudî kemençe, Greek: Πολίτικη Λύρα) Cello Lira (Calabrian) (Italian: Lira Calabrese) Lira da braccio Lyra (Cretan) (Greek: Λύρα) Lyre (terminology) Fiddle Gadulka () Rabāb (Arabic الرباب) Lijerica () violin

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The gudok (, ), or gudochek (, ), is a Russian folk string instrument, played with a bow.

The oldest gudoks are dated to the 11th–14th centuries in Novgorod. The instrument is now obsolete and has been reconstructed based on fragments found in excavations.