In modern times Spanish guitarist Andres Segovia helped make the instrument extremely popular.

VOA: special.2010.05.12

But the power of this river has been demonstrated in more modern times.

VOA: special.2009.08.12

He says the modern looms outside the country do the same job six or seven times quicker than the Fasotex machines.

VOA: standard.2010.03.08

Through Soviet times and modern times, Kubysheva has lived and worked in the forestry complex outside of Lukhovitsi, about 130 kilometers southeast of Moscow.

VOA: standard.2010.08.10