Tell me about playing the balalaika

[Lëzen]

I've always loved the sound of the Slavic instrument known as the balalaika, and recently I've been thinking about getting one. On the off-chance anyone knows anything about the finer points of balalaika - traditional tunings, finger positions for chords, where I'd be able to get replacement strings - please do tell. And no, Google is NOT my friend, because I'm currently at work, and our systems just don't like Google for some reason. So there.