Balalaika — Russian folk a three-stringed plucked musical instrument, from 600-700 mm (prima balalaika) to 1.7 meters (balalaika-contrabass) long, with triangular slightly bent (in XVIII—XIX centuries also oval) wooden body. Balalaika — one of the tools that became (along with the accordion and, to a lesser extent, Hornpipe) musical symbol of the Russian peopls