Volynka (f)
original: волынка
Bagpipe, mouth-blown: 2 stocks (a: single chanter / b: drone)
Pronounced as "vǎlỳnka"; From "vol" [ox] ?; A connection of the name with Volhynia, an oblast (province) in northwestern Ukraine (where the instrument is played as well), has also been suggested; Baines dubiously defines its name as "chiefly the Russian literary word for bagpipe"; NB¹: Earliest depiction: 12th century; A bracelet of the so-called Kiev-type, excavated in Upper-Oka (Saransk), also shows one of the earliest Russian depictions of a bagpipe; Earliest written source: 16th century; Out of use since the early 20th century; Though the instrument is again played by some, no real revival has been initiated [?]; NB²: ➺ Valonka; NB³: ➺ homonyms.
Duda, Koza, Kozica, Kozina, Rakkopilli, Valinka, Volınka, Volïnka, Volunka, Volynska, Walnica, Wołynka
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Куликов, Владимир Михайлович [Kulikov, Vladimir Mihajlovič (Spelling in Contents: Vladimir Michaïlovitch Koulikov)]: Волынка - русский народный инструмент (La cornemuse: instrument populaire russe). In: The bagpipes in Europe, 1 (1976), p.55/65.
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