I am finally about to start learning Russian right now (well, after I finish this post). I am going to take an action-oriented approach to learning Russian, meaning that I'll be learning the most important verbs first in an effort to be able to express actions when I speak.

My theory on this is that verbs are what make things happen. So if I want to make things happen in Russian, I need to know the core verbs! These include such verbs as be, go, want, like, give, have, make, do, come, need... key verbs that you say hundreds of times on an average day (depending, of course, on how much you chatter).

At any rate, I will develop that theory in other parts of this site. For now, the explanation above should suffice. But before I begin learning the verbs, I want to learn the Cyrillic alphabet! If I weren't interested in learning to read and write in Russian, I would skip this altogether. But I don't just want to be able to speak Russian, I want to enjoy its written aspects as well.

Some of the best resources I have found in my searches on the Cyrillic alphabet are:

Omniglot.com Info on Russian Alphabet
MasterRussian.com on the Cyrillic Alphabet
Free Language Resources for Learning Cyrillic Alphabet
Swarthmore Page on Russian Alphabet
Learning the Russian Alphabet in Two Hours (Sounds cool! Hope it works.)
An Introduction to Russian Alphabet
Geocities Page on Cyrillic Alphabetl

So before I get into the action, I am going to work on the first step in the lifelong process of learning a foreign language with a foreign alphabet! More to come soon...