About the book: 2012 / In the new book "Russian Gusli: History and Mythology" Candidate of Historical Sciences, ethnologist, traveler Grigory Nikolaevich Bazlov traces the origin and distribution of Russian pterygoids gusli, considering the instrument not as a device for producing sound, but as an ethnocultural phenomenon of a very ancient natural philosophical tradition. The author offers a new look at the place of the gusli in Russian traditional culture. For the first time, the gusli is studied as a bright mythical and poetic archetype of the Russian people. The winged gusli is considered as an ethnic marker marking the settlement of the Eastern Slavs across the territory of Eurasia. The book is addressed to historians, ethnologists, folklorists and all readers interested in the history and tradition of the Russian people.