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gusli

Slavic multi-string plucked instrument
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Summary

gusli ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,730 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: Plucked string instrument[2], Slavic musical instrument[3], Baltic psaltery[4]
  • Commons category: Gusli[5]
  • Country of origin: Kievan Rus'[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Gusli[7]
  • Described by source: Riemann's Music Dictionary[8], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[11], Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[12], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13]
  • Hornbostel-Sachs classification: 314.122-5[14]
  • Different from: Q21335895[15]

Why It Matters

gusli has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] gusli is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). gusli. Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/gusli
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_gusli_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{gusli}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/gusli}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-16}}
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  1. 3d ago · Putnik · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Gusli
    Different from → Q21335895
    Country of origin → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['be', 'be_x_old', 'br', 'ca', 'cs', 'cv', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'et', 'fa', '
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id: gusles"
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