balalaika

Russian stringed musical instrument
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balalaika

Summary

balalaika is a type of musical instrument[1]. balalaika draws 1,905 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_musical_instrument category, ranking #44 of 399).[2]

Key Facts

  • balalaika's instance of is recorded as type of musical instrument[3].
  • balalaika is a type of necked bowl lute[4].
  • balalaika is a type of Slavic musical instrument[5].
  • balalaika's Commons category is recorded as Balalaika[6].
  • balalaika's country of origin is recorded as Russia[7].
  • balalaika's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Balalaika[8].
  • balalaika's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[9].
  • balalaika's described by source is recorded as Riemann's Music Dictionary[10].
  • balalaika's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • balalaika's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • balalaika's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13].
  • balalaika's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14].
  • balalaika's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[15].
  • balalaika's used by is recorded as balalaikist[16].
  • balalaika's Hornbostel-Sachs classification is recorded as 321.321[17].

Body

Definition and Type

balalaika's instance of is recorded as type of musical instrument[3]. Recorded subclass of include necked bowl lute[4] and Slavic musical instrument[5].

Use and Application

balalaika's used by is recorded as balalaikist[16].

Why It Matters

balalaika draws 1,905 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_musical_instrument category, ranking #44 of 399).[2] balalaika has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] balalaika is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Revision of the Hornbostel-Sachs Classification of Musical Instruments by the MIMO Consortium. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Revision of the Hornbostel-Sachs Classification of Musical Instruments by the MIMO Consortium. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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