> The Cyrillic alphabet is a major barrier to learning Russian for Americans. Is this based on your imagination or do you have some source? I have seen severa

> The Cyrillic alphabet is a major barrier to learning Russian for Americans. Is this based on your imagination or do you have some source? I have seen several complete idiots try (and completely fail) to learn Russian, but they all got the alphabet down perfectly in a few days. It’s almost completely impossible for me to imagine you thinking this if you have made any serious effort to learn Russian.