It is necessary to be able to speak English nowadays because it's the most commonly used language among foreign language speakers. If you know English, you can contact people from all over the world. English is the most common language used on the Internet (just think of all those popular social media). Moreover, English is now the global language of business, so a good level of English gives you better job opportunities.
In order to improve my knowledge I listen to songs, read books and watch films in English. When I have free time I surf the Web and do all kinds of language tests. I also listen to podcasts in English. Joining online English forums is a great way to practise the language. I like playing computer games so I have joined a gaming community forum with participants from all over the world and we all post our messages in English.
I would like to learn Spanish and Mandarin Chinese because they are also widely-spoken languages in the world and most people believe that Chinese, English and Spanish are the languages of the future.
And the masters, famous for their golden hands, have long been in Russia. Their craft became a family craft, and the district where the craftsmen lived, made it famous all over the world.
Entire villages were engaged in one type of fishery: we weaved laces, painted kerchiefs, made spoons, samovars, or made children and adults happy: toys. To this day, toys made by Russian masters, bring joy to people and become an ornament of many collections.
The whole world knows our doll-nested doll. It is taken from Russia to all parts of the world as a souvenir. Historians-researchers established that Russian nesting dolls were carved in the image and likeness of Japanese figures of a bald nun, who were brought to Russia by travelers. The first Russian matryoshka was carved by master Zvezdochkin, and painted by Sergei Malyutin. It consisted of eight figures: the first, the largest - a girl holding a cockerel, followed by a boy and so on. The most recent was the baby in diapers.