I still haven't learned Russian, but I have learned the alphabet, and even that has been very rewarding. It is easier than it looks, you can start sounding out words with a few afternoons worth of work.
'napk' in russian sounds and means the same as 'park' in English
'pectopah' sounds like 'restoran' and it means restaurant.
See you've already learned that they use the letter 'p' to make thier 'r' sound. Continuing in this way you can easily learn the substitution cyper and can sound out russian words on your own. Have fun!