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That one's not a contrabass, just a bass. I think it's an octave higher. Search google for балалайка контрабас : балалайка контрабас - Google Search Several of the links on the first page are merchants, and they are for sale from around $1-3.5K. Plus some prohibitive shipping, I'm sure!

I got an old Lunacharsky off ebay some years ago. Beat up but awesome sound. It's the same model as the one on the second photo of the original post. Lunacharsky's tooling was purchased by some workers who formed a company called Doff; they sell contrabass balalaikas and even have a four string...

A contrabass balalaika has a way bigger "wow factor," and the thing has plenty of volume to pump out some serious volume.Doff even makes a 4-string: Invalid Link Removed

There is no comparison...an ABG is basically worthless without a pickup. A contrabass balalaika will shake the walls. I wanted an acoustic bass that could be heard, without having to learn to play a fretless upright. This fits the bill...same scale length as an upright, sans the G string...

Well I hope you do get one; I scored an old Lunacharsky off Ebay some years ago and it's awesome. Someone asked about subcontrabass; I've read that the tuning is the same and it just has a larger body (not sure how authoritative that information is). Anyway the one I have is 47" on the side...