In the times of Kievan Rus', the term Gusli is thought to simply refer to any generic stringed instrument.
The root of the term comes from the word to make sound in the wind.
The term was eventually associated with the trapezoidal Gusli-psaltyry (which may have originated in Byzantium).
In the times of Kievan Rus', the term Gusli is thought to simply refer to any generic stringed instrument. The root of the term comes from the word to make sound in the wind. The term was eventually associated with the trapezoidal Gusli-psaltyry (which may have originated in Byzantium).
Gusli