The significance of English in today's world

Now 300 million people in the world are native English speakers.And 400 million people who speak English as the second language.Let's note that in three of these countries English is not the only official language.To define the number of people who know English there is impossible.Before the revolution English was little studied among the Russian aristocrats.English began to develop in Russia only since the end of the 19th eyelid.English russia studying communication.Supervised by Zhigalova A.V.Knowledge of a foreign language is one of them.I would even say it`s a must for a modern educated person.