Part of the fascination and fear of learning Russian is the crazy Cyrillic alphabet. Mark introduces this with videos of Russian
shops signs. This makes it more interesting and helps you to remember. His steady style and claims for learning Cyrillic in three hours will make it a pleasure not a chore.
This is where you need to start with Russian.
Learn your A B C and build from there. https://russianmadeeasy.com/read-russian-videos/
Mark also has another course call Russian made easy.
Let me know if this helps you.