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- However, contrary to the concerns that the balalaika would die out, balalaika performers were present at the celebration that Peter the Great organized for the prince-pope’s mock wedding in 1715. (en)
- On a similar note to the arrest record, another incident from a few decades later in October of 1700 calls attention to the balalaika’s aggressive beginnings. Pronka and Alexey Bayanovy, two coachmen from Verkhotursky county, claim that they were chased by L. Pashkov, the domestic servant of the magistrate K.P.Kozlov, and beaten with a balalaika. (en)
- A record from the year 1688 documents the arrest of two peasants, Savka Fyodorov, son of Selevnev, and Ivashko Dmitriev, who rode up to Yausky gate and antagonized the guard stationed there whilst singing and playing the balalaika [Fig. 2]. Not only does this event capture the first concrete glimpse of the balalaika, but exemplifies its initial role as an instrument of rebellion, defying the oppression of the heirarchy. (en)
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