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Orchestras of Russian Folk Instruments
COUNTRY
ORGANIZATION
CITY
Australia
Sadko Balalaika Orchestra (Inactive)
Melbourne
Sydney
Belarus
Beryoza
Canada
Vancouver BC
Victoria BC
Denmark
Copenhagen
Finland
Helsinki
Vantaa
France
Paris
Germany
Remscheid
Karlsruhe
Norway
Oslo
Russia
Cherepovets
St. Petersburg
Petrozavodsk
Moscow
Rostov
Rybinsk Balalaika Orchestra
Rybinsk
St. Petersburg
Yaroslavl
Moscow
Karachev
Sweden
Norrköping
Visby
Stockholm
Siljan
Stockholm
Ukraine
Kharkov
Folk Instruments Orchestra of the International Culture and Art Centre
Kiev
U. K.
Manchester
USA
Washington DC
Tucson AZ
Atlanta GA
USA
Houston TX
Los Angeles CA
Decorah IA
Minneapolis, MN
Mogadore OH
Reno NV
Madison WI
Washington DC
Ensembles of Russian Folk Instruments
Perm, Russia
Paris, France
Irkutsk, Russia
London, England
San Francisco, CA   USA
New York,  NY   USA
Washingon, DC  USA
Morro Bay, CA  USA
St. Petersburg, Russia
Chicago, IL USA
Belaya Kalitva, Russia
Moscow, Russia
Norway
Rostov, Russia
Zurich, Switzerland
St. Petersburg, Russia
Moscow, Russia
New York, NY   USA
Pennsylvania, USA
Philadelphia, PA   USA  
Petrozavodsk, Russia
St. Petersburg, Russia
St. Petersburg, Russia
Yalta, Ukraine
Petrozavodxk, Russia
Odessa, Ukraine
Saratov, Russia
Moscow, Russia
Ekaterinburg, Russia
Augusta, ME  USA
Chapel Hill, NC   USA
San Francisco, CA   USA
Bene Ayah, Israel
Moscow, Russia
Cleveland, OH   USA
Horb-Altheim, Germany
Paris, France
St. Petersburg, Russia
New York, USA
Voronezh, Russia
Middlesex, England
St. Petersburg, Russia
Berlin, Germany
San Francisco, CA  USA
Helsinki, Finland
Novosibirsk, Russia
Moscow, Russia
St. Petersburg, Russia
Smirnov Folk Trio of the Moscow Circus (scroll down the page)
Moscow, Russia
Northern Virginia, USA
St. Petersburg, Russia
Munich, Germany
St. Petersburg, Russia
Gaillac, France
Atlanta, GA  USA
Uzory, Ukraine
Voronezh, Russia
Washington, DC   USA
Archangelsk, Russia
Wuppertal, Germany
Astrakhan, Russia
Saratov, Russia
Individual Musicians With Websites
Kontrabass
Balalaika
Kontrabass
Gypsy Music
Balalaika
Balalaika
Balalaika
Domra
Domra
Balalaika and Piano
Balalaika
Domra
Balalaika
Bayan
Balalaika
Bayan
Domra
Balalaika
Bayan
Domra
Domra
Domra
Balalaika
Balalaika
Instrument Building and Repair
Andreas Gerth , Balalaika building and restoration
Berlin, Germany
Michigan, USA
Steve Mraz, custom balalaika and domra strings
Ohio, USA
Valery Grebennikov - Master balalaika maker
Moscow, Russia
Non-Russian Folk Instruments
Balkanto Eastern European Ensemble    Washington DC USA
Lyuti Chushki -- Bulgarian and Macedonian Folk Music   Washington DC USA
Some useful information ... Some not
Balalaika.Fr -- Portal to Balalaika activities and news in France
Balalaika -- BBC's definition
Balalaika -- Coog.com
Balalaika -- Everything2
Balalaika -- University of Guelph Coleman Collection
Balalaika History -- by Yuri Ivanets
Balalaika in France -- What's up, who's who
The Balalaika School -- English version of Kai Kracht's website
Balalaika Tutorial on DVD - Alex Sinyavsky
Bayan - Description
Chromatic Accordion - Bayans, description, B and C systems
Domra - Description
The Gusli -- more
MusicaRussica  -  Russian  Sheet music, CDs   
Nikolai Ossipov -- Biographical sketch
Russian Folk Songs -- Lyrics and Melody
Russian Winds -- Robin LaPasha
U. Of Pennsylvania Balalaika Orchestra (PennBO) -- Balalaika sheet music and more
Related Sites
New Archangel Dance Ensemble  -- Sitka, Alaska
 Zhanna Bichevskaya -- CDs