Gudok

Gudok
	Impression of the ancient Russian gudok
String instrument
Hornbostel–Sachs classification	; (Bowl lyre sounded by a bow)
Related instruments
	Byzantine lyra; Classical Kemenche, (Turkish: Armudî kemençe, Greek: Πολίτικη Λύρα); Cello; Lira (Calabrian) (Italian: Lira Calabrese); Lira da braccio; Lyra (Cretan) (Greek: Λύρα); Lyre (terminology); Fiddle; Gadulka (Bulgarian: Гъдулка); Rabāb (Arabic الرباب); Lijerica (Serbo-Croatian pronunciation: [lijɛritsa]); violin;

The gudok (IPA: [gʊˈdok], Russian: гудок), or gudochek (IPA: [gʊˈdot͡ɕɪk], Russian: гудочек), is a Russian folk string instrument, played with a bow.

The oldest gudoks are dated to the 11th–14th centuries in Novgorod. The instrument is now obsolete and has been reconstructed based on fragments found in excavations.